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Part 2 of the Everyday Kanji series is all about “fruit”. \u00a0At grocery stores in Japan, some of these Kanji’s are listed in the sign. \u00a0Most often, Kanji’s are mentioned next to hiragana or Katakana. \u00a0It definitely doesn’t hurt to learn these Kanji’s. Perhaps you can start with your favorite fruits below. Most the fruit names that we use in Japanese are Gairaigo (\u5916\u6765\u8a9e\u3001\u304c\u3044\u3089\u3044\u3054) which is sort of a “loan word” that came from another language, such as English. You will notice below that the way we pronounce them are almost identical or very similar to English. We sometimes pronounce these based on transliteration of original English words. \u00a0For example, “Melon”, “Lemon”, “Banana”, “Kiwi” \u00a0are one of the Gairaigo’s that has very similar pronunciation as English.<\/p>\n
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\u82fa (Ichigo, \u00a0\u3044\u3061\u3054\u3001\u30a4\u30c1\u30b4) – Strawberry<\/p>\n
\u6797\u6a8e (Ringo, \u308a\u3093\u3054\u3001 \u30ea\u30f3\u30b4) – Apple<\/p>\n
\u6ab8\u6aac (Lemon, \u308c\u3082\u3093\u3001 \u30ec\u30e2\u30f3) – Lemon<\/p>\n
\u871c\u67d1 (Mikan, \u307f\u304b\u3093\u3001 \u30df\u30ab\u30f3) – Orange<\/p>\n
\u8461\u8404 (Budo, \u3076\u3069\u3046\u3001\u30d6\u30c9\u30a6) – Grape<\/p>\n
\u685c\u6843 (Sakuranbo, \u3055\u304f\u3089\u3093\u307c\u3001\u30b5\u30af\u30e9\u30f3\u30dc) – Cherry<\/p>\n
\u7518\u8549 (Banana, \u3070\u306a\u306a\u3001\u30d0\u30ca\u30ca) – Banana<\/p>\n
\u751c\u74dc (Melon, \u3081\u308d\u3093\u3001 \u30e1\u30ed\u30f3) – Melon<\/p>\n
\u674f\u5b50 (Anzu, \u3042\u3093\u305a\u3001\u30a2\u30f3\u30ba) – Apricots<\/p>\n
\u7121\u82b1\u679c (Ichijiku, \u3044\u3061\u3058\u304f\u3001\u30a4\u30c1\u30b8\u30af) – Fig<\/p>\n
\u5f4c\u7334\u6843 (Kiui, \u304d\u3046\u3044\u3001\u30ad\u30a6\u30a4) – Kiwi fruit<\/p>\n
\u7518\u6a59 (Orenji, \u304a\u308c\u3093\u3058\u3001 \u30aa\u30ec\u30f3\u30b8) – Orange<\/p>\n
\u67da\u5b50 (Yuzu, \u3086\u305a\u3001\u30e6\u30ba) – Pomelo<\/p>\n
\u8318\u679d (Reishi,\u308c\u3044\u3057\u3001 \u30ec\u30a4\u30b7) – Lai chi fruit<\/p>\n
\u67d8\u69b4 (Zakuro,\u00a0\u3056\u304f\u308d\u3001\u30b6\u30af\u30ed)- Pomegranate<\/p>\n
\u9cf3\u68a8 (pineapple, \u3071\u3044\u306a\u3063\u3077\u308b\u3001\u30d1\u30a4\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u30eb) –\u00a0pineapple<\/p>\n
\u68a8 (Nashi,\u306a\u3057\u3001 \u30ca\u30b7 ) – Pear<\/p>\n
\u6843 (Momo, \u3082\u3082\u3001\u30e2\u30e2) – Peach<\/p>\n
\u67ff (Kaki, \u304b\u304d\u3001 \u30ab\u30ad )-persimmon<\/p>\n
\u897f\u74dc (Suika,\u3059\u3044\u304b\u3001\u30b9\u30a4\u30ab) – Watermelon<\/p>\n
\u9178\u6843 (Sumomo, \u3059\u3082\u3082\u3001 \u30b9\u30e2\u30e2) – Plum<\/p>\n
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Do you have any other series of Kanji’s that you would like me to cover in this blog? If you do, share with me in the comment section, I will try to incorporate your request into upcoming posts! It’s always nice to hear from readers to see what they are most interested in! \u00a0Enjoy learning Japanese!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Part 2 of the Everyday Kanji series is all about “fruit”. \u00a0At grocery stores in Japan, some of these Kanji’s are listed in the sign. \u00a0Most often, Kanji’s are mentioned next to hiragana or Katakana. \u00a0It definitely doesn’t hurt to learn these Kanji’s. Perhaps you can start with your favorite fruits below. Most the…<\/p>\n