Kanji
Readingなま
Frequency3%
Used in (123 in total)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
saliva (in one's mouth)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
freshly severed head
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
raw meat; fresh meat
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
impudence; cheekiness; impertinence
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
dry-cured ham
fresh wound; fresh bruise
live (internet) broadcast; live stream
to eat raw (fresh)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
live music or performance
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
raw food; perishables
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
unedited remarks; frank opinions
fresh vegetables
eating (something) raw
unboiled water
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
fresh blood; lifeblood
fresh Japanese sweets (usu. containing red bean paste); fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
slight yawn
degenerate monk; corrupt priest
uncooked rice
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)
something that smells of fish or blood; meat and fish; degenerate monk; corrupt priest
medium-size draft beer
young and cheeky; brash; sassy
crude tactics; smattering of knowledge
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
firsthand information
handwritten manuscript
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering; dragging out tortuously; (lit.) half-killing a snake
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
live appearance (e.g. on television)
green coffee bean
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
fresh pasta
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
sweat caused by fear, stress, etc.
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
live (transmission, broadcast, etc.)
ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
unpasteurized sake
fresh salmon; unsalted salmon; raw salmon
live program; live programme
raw rubber; crude rubber
superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into
meat and fish (forbidden to monks)
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
real cake (as opposed to fake); fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients
live satellite transmission; live coverage via satellite
live video; live image
undried wall
ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete
incomplete enlightenment; incompletely enlightened person
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
namahage; folklore demon of the Oga Peninsula (people dress up as them on New Year's Eve to admonish children)
cold cash; hard cash
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
impudence; sauciness
blank video tape; blank audio cassette
live recording
inexperienced; unripe; greenhorn; unfermented narezushi
half-boiled
boiled and half-dried bonito
imperfect (superficial) knowledge
semiperishable sweets; half-dry confectionery
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to look young and fresh; to be elegant; to look refined; to have a calm and composed appearance
sex show with audience participation
being inattentive
live vaccine
fresh soba (not dried)
blank disk; unused disk
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character
bareback sex (esp. male gay); unprotected sex
sliced abalone served in cold water; raw shellfish
raw veganism; raw foodism
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
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 (ritsuryo period); provincial governor with no real ability or power