Vocab Info
N1 Noun
団栗acorn
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Noun
1.
acorn
Usually written using kana alone
All Forms
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.
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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).
- N1
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.
- N1
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.
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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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