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落花生 (らっかせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

落らっ花か生せい

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Meanings

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noun

peanut; groundnut

Refers to the plant or its edible seed. Common in everyday language and news.

落らっ花か生せいは千ち葉ば県けんの特とく産さん品ひんです。
Peanuts are a specialty of Chiba Prefecture.
落らっ花か生せいを炒いって食

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べる

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I roast and eat peanuts.

Written forms

落らっ花か生せい
Standard kanji spelling; commonly used in news and formal contexts.
ラッカセイ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling often used in botanical or agricultural contexts, or for emphasis.

Kanji

落fall, drop, come down
花flower
生life, genuine, birth

Similar words

ピーナッツ
Common loanword for peanut, often used in casual contexts or for processed peanut products. 落花生 is more formal and refers to the plant or raw nuts.

Etymology

Compound of 落 (raku, 'to fall') and 花生 (kasei, 'flower-born'), referring to the peanut's habit of burying its fruit after flowering. The reading らっかせい is a Sino-Japanese on'yomi reading.