乾燥野菜

かんそうやさい

dehydrated vegetables

菜種菜

なたねな ナタネナ

rape (seed oil plant, Brassica campestris)

菜

な さい

side dish

乾

けん かん

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

干菜

ほしな

dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip)

京菜

きょうな

mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica), potherb mustard

水菜

みずな ミズナ

mizuna (Brassica rapa var. nipposinica), potherb mustard

杉菜

すぎな スギナ

field horsetail (Equisetum arvense), common horsetail

高菜

たかな タカナ

leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia), mustard greens

惣菜

そうざい

side dish, daily (household) dish

菜箸

さいばし

long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)

根菜

こんさい

root crops

菜食

さいしょく

vegetable diet

苦菜

にがな ニガナ

Ixeris dentata (species of the daisy family)

搾菜

ザーサイ ザーツァイ

sichuan vegetables

主菜

しゅさい

main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice), principal dish

山菜

さんさい

edible wild plants

冷菜

cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine

五菜

the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame)