トマト

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. サラダにトマトを入れます。▶ —
   I put tomato in the salad.
2. 夏のトマトは甘いです。▶ —
   Summer tomatoes are sweet.

Collocations

Mnemonic

トマト tomato — loaned from English. Reached Japan in the 17th century via Portuguese/Dutch trade as an ornamental, edible adoption came after the Meiji era. Japanese tomatoes lean sweeter than Korean/Western via cultivar breeding (Momotaro, Amela, etc.) — fruit-tomatoes have entered the dessert category. The culinary technique 湯むき (yumuki, boil-then-shock-and-peel) signals Japanese culinary precision. The word compresses botany, agricultural breeding, and cooking technique. Korean and Chinese classify tomatoes as vegetables; Japan extends them into dessert — a social-cognitive shift.

Quick check

1. Exact procedure of 湯むき?

   • Brief boil → ice-water shock → easy peel
   • Oven bake to loosen skin
   • Salt cure to remove skin
   • Knife-peel directly