noun

  1. leaf vegetable, greens.
  2. vegetable leaves.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
菜っ葉 なっぱ
菜葉
菜葉 なっぱ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

vegetable, side dish, greens
サイ な よう (4th, N2)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
dice, form, appearance
サイ と.る いろどり (11th, N1)
paw radical
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
leaf, plane, lobe
は ヨウ よ (3rd, N3)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
table, flat pieces of wood, slip
ヨウ うすいきふだ まど
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)