Japanese symbol for “vegetable”
野菜
やさい
Romaji: yasai
vegetable
In Japanese, vegetable is 野菜, read やさい (yasai).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n vegetable
- n marijuana; cannabis
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “vegetable”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ベジタブル | ベジタブル bejitaburu | vegetable |
| ベジ | ベジ beji | vegetable |
| 植物性 | しょくぶつせい shokubutsusei | botanical; vegetable; vegetal |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 野球 | やきゅう yakyuu | baseball |
| 分野 | ぶんや bun'ya | field; sphere; realm |
| 野党 | やとう yatou | opposition party; the opposition |
| 視野 | しや shiya | field of vision; view |
| 平野 | へいや heiya | plain; open field |
| 惣菜 | そうざい souzai | small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish |
| 白菜 | はくさい hakusai | napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage |
| 菜食 | さいしょく saishoku | vegetable diet |
See also: Chinese symbol for “vegetable”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.