生なま
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
After all, if it's fresh fish, raw is the best!
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
3. unprotected (sex); raw; bareback
4. live (i.e. not recorded)
I didn't think the day would come when I could see it live.
5. inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
Noun
Abbreviation
6. impudence; sauciness
7. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
Adjective (の)
8. blank (e.g. disk); unused
Prefix
9. just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
before an adjective
10. insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory
Archaic
Noun
11. cash
12. tipsiness
Kanji used
life
Pitch accent
な
ま
Top 2800
Used in vocabulary (135 in total)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
saliva (in one's mouth)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
freshly severed head
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
raw meat; fresh meat
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
fresh wound; fresh bruise
dry-cured ham
to eat raw (fresh)
live stream; live streaming; live broadcast (over the Internet)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
live music or performance
unpasteurized beer
fresh vegetables
raw food; perishables
eating (something) raw
unedited remarks; frank opinions
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
unboiled water
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
fresh blood; lifeblood
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
slight yawn
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
unfinished; unripe; unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi; noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya)
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
medium-size draft beer
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
firsthand information
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
saliva (in one's mouth)
handwritten manuscript
raw food; perishables
raw noodles; uncooked noodles; fresh noodles
live singing; poor singing; bad singing
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
fresh pasta
green coffee bean
live appearance (e.g. on television)
freshly squeezed milk; bare breasts; naked breasts
half-hearted; overly optimistic; naive; inexperienced; immature; green
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
soft caramel; caramel chews
raw oyster
sweat caused by fear, stress, etc.
live (transmission, broadcast, etc.)
for raw consumption (of meat, shellfish, etc.)
ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
live program; live programme
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
raw rubber; crude rubber
superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into
raw oyster
live video; live image
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
bareback sex; unprotected sex
real cake (as opposed to fake); fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients
half-cooked; rare; half-dried; moist-dry; half-baked (knowledge); superficial
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
fresh wound; fresh bruise
incomplete enlightenment; incompletely enlightened person
impudence; sauciness
undried wall
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
cold cash; hard cash
freshly squeezed milk; bare breasts; naked breasts
blank video tape; blank audio cassette
live recording
half-boiled; insufficiently boiled; underdone
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
raw noodles; uncooked noodles; fresh noodles
meat and fish (forbidden to monks)
impudence; sauciness
boiled and half-dried bonito
imperfect (superficial) knowledge
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); (arch.) to look young and fresh; (arch.) to be elegant; (arch.) to look refined; (arch.) to have a calm and composed appearance
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
namako-kabe; style of tiled wall with a prominent white grid pattern
half-boiled; insufficiently boiled; underdone
live vaccine
fresh soba (not dried)
blank disk; unused disk
blank credit card (with no card number, etc. yet registered to it); white card
shop where schoolgirls remove and sell their underwear in front of an audience
Nama-cha (Kirin tea blend)
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
raw veganism; raw foodism
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
fresh soba (not dried)
green sand; metal molding using sand
boiled and half-dried bonito
immature person; person of low status
somewhat kind; rather gentle
young and immature
inexperienced provincial governor (ritsuryō period); provincial governor with no real ability or power
Examples (15 in total)
This food is raw.
Death is the antithesis of life.
I don't like raw tomatoes.