bitter orange; sour orange; Seville orange
Refers to the tree or fruit of Citrus aurantium. The fruit is too sour to eat raw and is used in marmalade or as a New Year decoration.
A bitter orange tree is planted in the garden.
We placed a bitter orange on top of the kagami mochi.
There is a custom of displaying bitter oranges at New Year's.
noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Abbreviation of 橙色 (だいだいいろ). Used as a noun or with の to describe something orange-colored.
See also: 橙色 (だいだいいろ)
She was wearing an orange dress.
The sky turned orange with the sunset.
I bought an orange-colored sweater.
オレンジ is the loanword for the sweet orange fruit and its color, while 橙 refers specifically to the bitter, inedible-raw orange used in New Year decorations and to the traditional darker orange hue.
橙 refers to the bitter orange fruit or tree itself, whereas 橙色 refers only to the color named after that fruit.
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years
Standard kanji spelling for the bitter orange tree/fruit and the color.
Katakana spelling, often used for the fruit or in botanical contexts.
The kanji 橙 is a 国字 (kokuji) created in Japan. The reading だいだい comes from the fruit's ability to stay on the tree for several years, leading to the name 代々 (だいだい, 'generation after generation').