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青切り (あおきり) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

青あお切きり

Meanings

1

noun

fruit harvested before ripening

Refers to fruit picked while still green or unripe, often for shipping, storage, or specific culinary uses.

青あお切きりのバナナは、輸ゆ送そう中ちゅうに熟じゅくすように早はやめに収しゅう穫かくされる。
Green-harvested bananas are picked early so they ripen during transport.

Written forms

青あお切きり
Standard kanji spelling for this term.
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Kanji

青blue, green
切cut, cutoff, be sharp

Etymology

Compound of 青 (ao, 'green, unripe') and 切り (kiri, 'cutting, harvesting'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term transparently describes harvesting fruit before it ripens.