ナマ
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
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Used in vocabulary (80 in total)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
raw food; perishables
cold cash; hard cash
fresh cream
cold cash; hard cash
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
living flesh; flesh and blood
raw meat; fresh meat
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
saliva (in one's mouth)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
freshly severed head
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
live broadcast
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
boiled and half-dried bonito
live broadcast (radio, TV); live coverage
dry-cured ham
fresh wound; fresh bruise
live (internet) broadcast; live stream
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
live music or performance
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
rawhide
unedited remarks; frank opinions
fresh vegetables
eating (something) raw
slight yawn
fresh blood; lifeblood
unboiled water
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
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)
cold cash; hard cash
medium-size draft beer
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
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
live appearance (e.g. on television)
green coffee bean
fresh pasta
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
superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
live program; live programme
raw rubber; crude rubber
undried wall
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
real cake (as opposed to fake); fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients
boiled and half-dried bonito
impudence; sauciness
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
live recording
half-boiled
imperfect (superficial) knowledge
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
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.