バナナ
バナナ
hepburn banana
banana
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
no decomposition available
Examples
- バナナを一本食べました。I ate one banana.
- 朝はバナナとヨーグルトです。For breakfast I have banana and yogurt.
Collocations
バナナ (banana, banana — loanword)バナナジュース (banana juusu, banana juice)朝バナナダイエット (asa banana daietto, "morning banana diet")一本 (ippon, one stick — counter)バナナの皮 (banana no kawa, banana peel)
Mnemonic
バナナ banana — borrowed in the 16th century from Portuguese (same era as パン). Fixed in katakana. Counter trap: long thin objects take ~本 (hon/bon/pon) — 一本 (ippon), 二本 (nihon, careful: homophone of "Japan" Nihon!), 三本 (sanbon). Pens, bananas, umbrellas, legs all use this counter. The 2008 "朝バナナダイエット" (Morning Banana Diet) fad caused nationwide banana shortages — a social phenomenon. One word compresses loan-history, counter grammar, and diet trends.
Quick check
Correct Japanese counter for "two bananas"?