果物
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Japanese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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果 | 物 |
Grade: 4 | もの Grade: 3 |
irregular | kun’yomi |
Literally “tree's thing”. Originally a compound of 木 (ku, “tree”, shift from ancient ko pronunciation) + だ (da, possessive marker between two nouns, only found in a few compounds) + 物 (mono, “thing”).[1][2]
The medial da is also seen in 獣 (kedamono, “beast”, literally “hairy thing”). The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- edible fruit that grows on trees or shrubs, such as oranges and apples, or sweet edible fruit that grows along the ground, such as strawberries and melons
Synonyms[edit]
- フルーツ (furūtsu)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
- 果物急ぎ (kudamono isogi): the act of often taking something from a selection of fruit or other sweets put out at a social gathering; a person who is quick to take items from such a selection
- 果物屋 (kudamonoya): a fruit store
- 果物籠 (kudamono kago): a fruit basket
See also[edit]
- 果実 (kajitsu): fruit (edible or otherwise)
- 実 (mi): a seed, a berry, a fruit, a nut
- 青果物 (seikabutsu): garden stuff, greenstuff
- 八百屋 (yaoya): a greengrocer
Etymology 2[edit]
Kanji in this term | |
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果 | 物 |
か Grade: 4 |
ぶつ Grade: 3 |
kan’on |
/kwabut͡su/ → /kabut͡su/
Possibly from Middle Chinese compound 果物 (*guɑ *miət, literally “fruit thing”). Compare modern Mandarin 果物 reading guǒwù (rare), Cantonese gwo2 mat6 (rare).
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
果物 • (kabutsu) ←くわぶつ (kwabutu)?
Usage notes[edit]
The kudamono reading is much more common in modern Japanese.
References[edit]
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- ja:Fruits