Fruits in Japanese

 Let’s talk about Fruits in Japanese

Who loves fruit? I do. I am a fruit person. So, for today’s topic, let’s talk about fruits and the Japanese names of each fruit.

くだもの (果物) is Fruits in Japanese, read as ‘Kudamono’. It can also be translated in its Katakana soundフルーツ (Furu-tsu).

When I went to Japan, fruits are expensive. とても高いです。(とてもたかいです。) It is very pricey (expensive). Maybe because many fruits, especially tropical fruits are imported to Japan. But the focus of today’s blog is the Japanese translation of each fruit.

Below is the list of fruits that I know the Japanese words for:

Fruit Name	Japanese	Romaji
Mango	マンゴー	Mango-
Apple	りんご / リンゴ	Ringo
Banana	バナナ	Banana
Grapes	ぶどう	Budou
Orange	オレンジ	Orenji
Mandarin Orange	ミカン	Mikan
Strawberries	いちご	Ichigo
Avocado	アボカド	Abokado
Pineapple	パイナップル	Painappuru
Peaches	もも	Momo
Japanese Plum	うめ	Ume
Cherry	さくらんぼ	Sakuranbo
Japanese Persimmon	かき	Kaki
Tomatoes	トマト	Tomato
Blueberries	ブルーベリー	Buru-beri-
Papaya	パパイヤ	Papaiya
Watermelon	スイカ	Suika
Lemon	レモン	Remon
Pears	なし	Nashi
Guava	グアバ	Guaba
Melon	メロン	Meron
Durian	ドリアン	Dorian
Coconut	ココナッツ	Kokonattsu
Jackfruit	ジャックフルーツ	Jakkufuru-tsu
Lychee	ライチ	Raichi

Of all these fruits, マンゴ is my favorite fruit even though my name is リンゴ.  If I will choose between マンゴ and リンゴ, I will always choose マンゴ. So, should I change my name to マンゴ? Lol!

Apple can be written either in Hiragana りんご or Katakana リンゴ character. Same with Strawberry. いちご can also be written as イチゴ. ぶどう which is Grapes can also be written as ブドウ. I input the Katakana characters for fruits that are loan words except for ミカン and スイカ as both words are spelled in Katakana sound. These two are the Japanese words for Tangerine (mandarin orange) and watermelon.

I have a funny memory about スイカ. One of our clients, he is Japanese and he kind of confused スイカ as a loan word or words derived from English. He asked his co-worker whether スイカ is an English word because it is written in Katakana characters. Most words that are written in Katakana characters are borrowed words so he thinks that スイカ is also a borrowed word. We all laugh (it was a fun memory) because he insists that it’s a borrowed word. We all had our laughs.

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