Japanese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English vegetable.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ベジタブル (bejitaburu

  1. (food) vegetable

Usage notes edit

Often found in combination with similarly borrowed terms, such as ベジタブル・スープ、ベジタブル・スムージー (bejitaburu sūpu, bejitaburu sumūjī, vegetable soup, vegetable smoothie).

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN