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ぶどう Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ぶどう

also: えび

ぶ

ど

う

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

grape; grapevine

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the fruit or the plant. Commonly used in compounds like ぶどう酒 (wine) and ぶどう園 (vineyard).

冷れい蔵ぞう庫こにぶどうがたくさんある。
There are a lot of grapes in the fridge.
このぶどうはとても甘

あま

い

。

These grapes are very sweet.

Written forms

ぶどうUsage31%
Standard kana spelling; usually written in kana.
ブドウUsage44%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is common in biological or commercial contexts, such as on product labels.
葡萄Usage24%
- ぶどう
  Kanji spelling is common in formal or literary contexts, but the word is usually written in kana.
- えび
  out-dated reading
えび
out-dated reading
Obsolete kana usage; not used in modern Japanese.

Kanji

葡wild grape, Portugal
萄grape vine, wild grape

Etymology

The word is of uncertain origin, but may be related to an ancient borrowing or native term for the fruit. The kanji 葡萄 are ateji, chosen for their phonetic value rather than their meaning.