果物
くだもの
hepburn kudamono
fruit
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 果物が好きです。I like fruit.
- デザートに果物を食べます。I have fruit for dessert.
Collocations
果物 (kudamono, fruit)果物屋 (kudamonoya, fruit shop)フルーツ (furuutsu, fruit — loanword variant)季節の果物 (kisetsu no kudamono, seasonal fruit)果実 (kajitsu, fruit — formal/scientific)
Mnemonic
果物 kudamono — kanji "fruit (果) + thing (物)". Japanese has three layers for "fruit": (1) native 果物 (kudamono), (2) loanword フルーツ (furuutsu), (3) Sino-Japanese 果実 (kajitsu, formal/scientific). Same referent, different register. Menus prefer フルーツ for chicness, markets prefer 果物 for warmth, nutrition science uses 果実. Register awareness underlies natural-sounding N3+ output.
Quick check
Three register splits for "fruit" in Japanese?