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
Kanji used
life
Pitch accent
Top 2300
Used in vocabulary (109 in total)
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
saliva (in one's mouth)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
freshly severed head
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
raw meat; fresh meat
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
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
live music or performance
half-roasted; half-baked; rare
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
raw food; perishables
unedited remarks; frank opinions
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
fresh vegetables
eating (something) raw
unboiled water
mixture of chocolate, cream and liquor, used in truffles, ganache, etc.
fresh blood; lifeblood
slight yawn
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)
medium-size draft beer
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
half-cooked; rare; ambiguous; vague; immature
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
firsthand information
handwritten manuscript
saliva (in one's mouth)
raw fish; uncooked fish; fresh fish
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
live appearance (e.g. on television)
green coffee bean
raw food; perishables
fresh pasta
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
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
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
live program; live programme
raw rubber; crude rubber
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
superficial knowledge; smattering; dabbler; dilettante; dipping into
fresh spring roll (i.e. not fried); summer roll; Vietnamese salad roll
deep-fried bean curd; undercooked
real cake (as opposed to fake); fresh cake; cake baked with fresh ingredients
fresh wound; fresh bruise
live video; live image
undried wall
incomplete enlightenment; incompletely enlightened person
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
cold cash; hard cash
self-styled Zen philosophy; sciolism; dabbling in Zen
impudence; sauciness
blank video tape; blank audio cassette
live recording
half-boiled
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
impudence; sauciness
boiled and half-dried bonito
imperfect (superficial) knowledge
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
pale; pallid; wan; pasty
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
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
sex show with audience participation
live vaccine
fresh soba (not dried)
blank disk; unused disk
fresh Western sweets (usu. containing cream or fruit, e.g. sponge cake, pie)
raw veganism; raw foodism
green-sand casting; casting metal with a green-sand mould
fresh soba (not dried)
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
Examples (14 in total)
I feel alive.
This food is raw.
Death is the antithesis of life.