なっぱ

Japanese
Alternative spelling
菜っ葉

Etymology

From 菜(な) (na, “vegetable”) + 葉(は) (ha, “leaf”).

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Pronunciation

Noun

なっぱ • (nappa) 

  1. vegetable leaf; leaf vegetable

Descendants
  • → English: napa

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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