柿かき

か

き

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

persimmon; kaki; Japanese persimmon

Refers to the fruit of the persimmon tree, Diospyros kaki, commonly eaten in autumn.

In autumn, the persimmons in the garden turn red.

干ほし柿がきを作つくるために、柿かきの皮かわをむいた。

I peeled the persimmons to make dried persimmons.

柿かきがなるfor a persimmon tree to bear fruit
庭にわの柿かきの木きにたくさん柿かきがなった。
The persimmon tree in the yard bore a lot of fruit.
柿かきを剥むくto peel a persimmon
祖そ母ぼが柿かきを剥むいて出だしてくれた。
My grandmother peeled a persimmon and served it to me.
柿かきを干ほすto dry persimmons (to make hoshigaki)
秋あきになると柿かきを干ほして保ほ存ぞんする。
In autumn, people dry persimmons to preserve them.

桃もも栗くり三さん年ねん柿かき八はち年ねんit often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; peach and chestnut seeds take three years, persimmons take eight

カキ
柿 (かき) is the persimmon fruit, while 牡蠣 (かき) is the oyster—identical pronunciation but completely different meanings, so context or kanji is essential.

果か
Formal/botanical counter for fruits; everyday speech uses 個 or つ.
個こN5
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.

柿かきUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling for persimmon.
かきUsage7%
カキUsage<1%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling often used in biological or culinary contexts.
柹かき
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form.

The word is native Japanese. The kanji 柿 is a phono-semantic compound with 木 (tree) and 市 (market), but the exact historical derivation is uncertain.

渋しぶ

kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice

dried persimmons on a skewer

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