noun
fig; common fig; fig tree
Refers to the fruit or the tree Ficus carica. Usually written in katakana.
イチジクの季節になると、よくジャムを作ります。
When fig season comes, I often make jam.
庭にイチジクの木を植え
I planted a fig tree in the garden.
Rarely used kanji form.
The Japanese word イチジク (ichijiku) is believed to derive from Middle Chinese 映日果 (ʔˠiæŋH ȵiɪt̚ kuɑX), literally 'sun-reflecting fruit', via a phonetic borrowing. The kanji 無花果 ('flowerless fruit') is an ateji based on the fig's unique flowering habit. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.