くるみ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

walnut

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the walnut tree or its nut, especially the common walnut (Juglans regia).

くるみを割わって中なか身みを取とり出だす。
Crack open a walnut and take out the kernel.
このパンにはくるみがたくさん入はいっている。
This bread has a lot of walnuts in it.

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Usage patterns

くるみを割わるto crack open a walnut
父ちちは道どう具ぐを使つかってくるみを割わった。
My father used a tool to crack open the walnut.
くるみの殻からをむくto peel/remove the shell of a walnut
くるみの殻からをむいて中なか身みを取とり出だす。
You peel the shell off the walnut to get the flesh inside.

Kanji

胡barbarian, foreign
桃peach

Counted with

個こN5
The all-purpose counter for small discrete objects, used when no more specific counter applies.
粒つぶN2
For small grain-like items — beans, pills, drops, tears, pearls.
本ほんN5
For long, thin objects (sticks, stems, wires, bottles); also 'pieces' like films, articles, and phone calls.

Word family

サワグルミ
Japanese wing nut; Pterocarya rhoifolia
胡桃くるみ油あぶら
walnut oil
オニグルミ
Manchurian walnut
シナノグルミ
common walnut; Persian walnut; English walnut
くるみ割わり
nutcracker

Written forms

くるみUsage47%
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 胡桃 is also used but less common.
クルミUsage35%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in botanical or culinary contexts.
胡桃くるみUsage18%
Kanji spelling, less common than kana; may appear in literary or formal contexts.

Etymology

The origin is uncertain; possibly related to くるむ (to wrap) due to the shell enclosing the nut, but this is speculative.