果物

Japanese

Kanji in this term
果	物

Etymology

Literally "thing of tree". Compound of 木 (ku, “tree”) and 物 (mono, “thing”). Medial -da- acts as a genitive marker, also seen in 獣 (kedamono, “beast”).

Noun

果物 (hiragana くだもの, romaji kudamono)

1. Edible fruit. A more narrow definition is limited to edible fruit that grows on trees.

Derived terms

• 青果物
• 果物屋
• 果物籠

See also

• 果実 (かじつ, kajitsu, “fruit (edible or otherwise)”)

References

• The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary. ISBN 0-19-860197-2