野菜|やさいyasai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounvegetable
   その店みせは野菜やさいを売うっている。↗

   The store deals in vegetables.
2. nounmarijuana; cannabis

• SynonymベジタブルNeutralLoanword, mostly seen in compounds such as 「ベジタブルカレー」; rarely used on its own, so it seldom replaces 「野菜」 in everyday speech.
• Synonym蔬菜そさいWrittenWritten/formal term for vegetables, typical of agricultural and statistical contexts; in daily conversation 「野菜」 is the normal word.
• Related果物くだものNeutralFruit, the counterpart of 「野菜」. The split follows eating habits rather than botanical classification.

In everyday speech, 「野菜」 is the default word for vegetables. Use 「蔬菜」 in written contexts such as agriculture or statistics, and 「ベジタブル」 mainly inside compounds. For fruit, say 「果物」.

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1. 畑はたけなどで作つくられる食用しょくようの植物しょくぶつ。