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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

EntryCommonJLPT N3
なま生nama

  1. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun

    raw; uncooked; fresh

    アメリカ人にはよくあることだが彼はなまの魚を好かない。
    As is often the case with Americans, he does not care for raw fish.

  2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed

  3. unprotected (sex); raw; bareback

    Colloquial

  4. live (i.e. not recorded)

  5. inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude

  6. Noun

    impudence; sauciness

    Abbreviationsee 生意気

  7. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer

    Abbreviationsee 生ビール

  8. Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    blank (e.g. disk); unused

    see 生テープ

  9. Prefix

    just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-

    before an adjective

  10. insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory

  11. Noun

    cash

    Archaic

  12. tipsiness

    Abbreviationsee 生酔い

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Characters in this word

1
生
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

life, genuine, birth

Kun
い.きるikiruい.かすikasuい.けるikeruう.まれるumareruうま.れるumareruう.まれumareうまれumareう.むumuお.うouは.えるhaeruは.やすhayasuきkiなまnamaなま-namaな.るnaruな.すnasuむ.すmusu-うu
On
セイseiショウshou
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
29 of 2500
Radical
生 life

Built from

生

Used in names as

あさasaいきikiいくikuいけikeうぶubuうまいumaiえeおいoiぎゅうgyuuくるみkurumiごせgoseさsaじょうjouすぎsugiそsoそうsouちるchiruなばnabaにうniuにゅうnyuuふfuみmiもうmouよいyoiりゅうryuu

Words starting with 生Words ending in 生Anywhere in a word
Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
4-5-2SKIP code
0a5.29The Kanji Dictionary
2510.0Four corner code
2472deroo
751fUnicode hex code
1-32-24JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2991Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3715New Nelson (John Haig)
3497New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4309Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2179Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2933Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1555Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1675Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
29A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
214Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
67Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21670Morohashi
42A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
44Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
44Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
34sakade
71Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
44henshall3
43Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
9crowley
49Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.4busy_people
1327Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1569Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sheng1Pinyin reading
saengKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)