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りんご (ringo) Japanese meaning: apple (fruit) | Kotomora

りんご

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Common word›JLPTN5›Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

usually written using kana alone

The common fruit. Used in everyday contexts.

毎まい朝あさりんごを一ひとつ食たべます。

I eat an apple every morning.

このりんごは甘あまくておいしい。

This apple is sweet and delicious.

2

apple tree

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the tree itself (Malus pumila). Less common than the fruit sense; often specified as りんごの木 in everyday speech.

庭にわにりんごの木きを植うえた。
I planted an apple tree in the garden.

Usage patterns

りんごをむくto peel an apple
母はははいつもりんごをむいてくれる。
My mother always peels an apple for me.
りんごが実みのるfor an apple tree to bear fruit
秋あきになるとりんごが実みのる。
Apples ripen when autumn comes.
りんごを絞しぼるto squeeze/press apples (to make juice)
このジュースは新しん鮮せんなりんごを絞しぼって作つくられている。
This juice is made by pressing fresh apples.

Kanji

林grove, forest
檎apple

Related words

アップル
りんご is the everyday native Japanese word for the fruit, while アップル is a loanword used mainly in product names, branding, and Western-style dishes.

Counted with

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

Word family

冬ふゆ林りん檎ご
winter apple; apple sold during winter
わりんご
Chinese apple; Malus asiatica
りんごわたむし
wooly apple aphid
スクミリンゴガイ
channeled apple snail; golden apple snail
せいようりんご

Written forms

りんごUsage39%
Standard modern spelling.
リンゴUsage50%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, sometimes used in botanical or commercial contexts.
林りん檎ごUsage11%
Ateji kanji spelling; rarely used in modern Japanese. The word is almost always written in kana.

Etymology

The word is of uncertain origin, possibly derived from a Chinese source or an ancient borrowing. The kanji 林檎 are ateji and do not reflect the etymology.

apple (Malus domestica)

りんごジュース

apple juice