How to say "cabbage" in Japanese

• キャベツCommon
  nounThe common word for the vegetable cabbage (Brassica oleracea); use it for the leafy vegetable itself, as when cooking it or buying it at a shop.
  ライスとキャベツをお代かわりお願ねがいします。↗

  Can I have seconds on rice and cabbage?
• 甘藍かんらん
  nounAlso means cabbage, the same vegetable, but it is less common; this is seldom the word you want, and キャベツ is the natural choice in ordinary use.

Both words refer to the same vegetable, cabbage (Brassica oleracea); 「キャベツ」 is the common term, while 甘藍 is less common, so for the vegetable 「キャベツ」 is normally the word you want.

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• キャベツcabbage (Brassica oleracea)
• 甘藍かんらんcabbage