Japanese pear; Asian pear; nashi
Refers specifically to the crisp, round, apple-like pear native to East Asia (Pyrus pyrifolia), not the European soft pear.
I peeled a pear and ate it.
In autumn, a lot of nashi pears come onto the market.
This nashi pear is juicy and sweet.
秋になると梨が実る。
Pears ripen when autumn comes.
In everyday contexts, 梨 (pears) as fruit are naturally counted with 個.
Chinese quince
European pear; common pear
Japanese pear; nashi pear
Epigaea asiatica
pear cider; pear liquor
hardy kiwi; kiwi berry; tara vine; bower vine
callery pear; bradford pear
snow pear; Pyrus nivalis
Harbin pear; Ussurian pear; Chinese pear
avocado; alligator pear
Standard kanji spelling for the fruit; widely used in news and everyday writing.
Rarely used kanji form; learners are unlikely to encounter it.
Kana spelling is very common in practice.
The word なし is native Japanese. The kanji 梨 is a Chinese character adopted for its meaning. The origin of the word itself is uncertain.
Chinese white pear; ya pear
alder-leafed whitebeam; Korean whitebeam