なま
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
3. unprotected (sex)
4. live (i.e. not recorded)
5. inexperienced; unpolished; green; crude
Noun
Abbreviation
6. impudence; sauciness
7. unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
Adjective (の)
8. blank (e.g. disk); unused
Prefix
9. just a little; somehow; vaguely; partially; somewhat; half-; semi-
before an adjective
10. insufficient; incomplete; half-baked; half-hearted; perfunctory
Archaic
Noun
11. cash
12. tipsiness
Pitch accent
Top 20300
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
boiled and half-dried bonito
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
simple; easy
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
saliva (in one's mouth)
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
raw food; perishables
raw meat; fresh meat
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
slight yawn
fresh blood; lifeblood
freshly severed head
rawhide
fresh wound; fresh bruise
cold cash; hard cash
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
eating (something) raw
sweat caused by fear, stress, etc.
fresh cream
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
undried wall
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
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
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
unboiled water
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)
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
impudence; sauciness
living flesh; flesh and blood
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
fresh vegetables
medium-size draft beer
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
imperfect (superficial) knowledge
live broadcast
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
dry-cured ham
live (internet) broadcast; live stream
to eat raw (fresh)
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
live music or performance
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
unedited remarks; frank opinions
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
cold cash; hard cash
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
firsthand information
handwritten manuscript
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
live appearance (e.g. on television)
green coffee bean
fresh pasta
live (transmission, broadcast, etc.)
ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete
superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
live program; live programme
raw rubber; crude rubber
real cake (as opposed to fake); fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients
boiled and half-dried bonito
live video; live image
incomplete enlightenment; incompletely enlightened person
sex show with audience participation
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
garbage disposal unit
garbage disposal unit
live recording
half-boiled
blank video tape; blank audio cassette
superficial
live vaccine
green sand; metal molding using sand
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
fresh soba (not dried)
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
blank disk; unused disk
raw veganism; raw foodism
fresh yeast
young and immature
somewhat kind; rather gentle
immature person; person of low status
inexperienced provincial governor (ritsuryo period); provincial governor with no real ability or power
Examples (14 in total)
I feel alive.
This food is raw.
Death is the antithesis of life.