野菜室(やさいしつ)

やさいしつ
noun
vegetable compartment (in a refrigerator)
daily-lifekitchen
1. vegetable compartment; crisper drawer (in a refrigerator)
The dedicated compartment in a refrigerator for storing vegetables. Designed to maintain higher humidity and a slightly warmer temperature than the main compartment to keep produce fresh.
野菜室(やさいしつ)にレタスを入(い)れた。
I put the lettuce in the vegetable compartment.
野菜室(やさいしつ)は冷蔵室(れいぞうしつ)より温度(おんど)が高(たか)い。
The vegetable compartment is warmer than the main refrigerator compartment.
大型(おおがた)冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ)は野菜室(やさいしつ)が広(ひろ)くて使(つか)いやすい。
Large refrigerators have spacious vegetable compartments that are easy to use.

Compound of 野菜(やさい) (vegetables) + 室(しつ) (room, compartment). One of several specialized compartments in modern Japanese refrigerators.

Common collocations

Related refrigerator compartments

  • 冷蔵室(れいぞうしつ): main refrigerator compartment
  • 冷凍室(れいとうしつ): freezer compartment
  • チルド室(しつ): chilled compartment (just above freezing)
  • 製氷室(せいひょうしつ): ice-making compartment

Related Words

Related: 冷凍室(れいとうしつ) (freezer compartment)
Related: 冷蔵庫(れいぞうこ) (refrigerator)
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Added 2026.5.14 10:41 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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