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raw vegetables, fresh uncooked vegetables
Vegetables that have not been cooked, served fresh. Common in salads and as side dishes.
生野菜 is composed of 生 (raw, uncooked) + 野菜 (vegetables).
Common collocations
- 生野菜サラダ: raw vegetable salad
- 生野菜スティック: vegetable sticks (crudites)
RELATED WORDS WITH 生:
- 生ビール: draft beer
- 生たまご: raw egg
- 生もの: raw food (especially raw seafood)
Usage: The prefix 生 is commonly used with food items to indicate they are uncooked or unprocessed. In Japanese cuisine, which traditionally favors cooked vegetables, the practice of eating 生野菜 became widespread with the adoption of Western-style salads.