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N1 Noun
団栗acorn
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acorn
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団栗 【どんぐり】、橡 【どんぐり】、ドングリ
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リスがどんぐりを食べています。
The squirrel is eating an acorn.
ドングリはクヌギやコナラなどの実である。
An acorn is the fruit of trees such as kunugi and konara (types of Japanese oak).
団栗は球形や卵形で堅く、下の方を殻斗が包んでいる。
Acorns are hard, round or egg-shaped nuts with their lower part wrapped in a cup-like structure called a cupule.
どんぐりを拾うのに夢中になっていたらすっかり暗くなっていた。
I got so caught up picking acorns that it had gotten completely dark.
古くから、団栗は飢饉の時になると渋を抜いて食料とされてきました。
Since ancient times, acorns have been used as emergency food during famines, with their bitterness removed before eating.
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