果実

• 読み: かじつ
• ローマ字: kajitsu
• 漢字の分解: 果 (ka) — fruit, result; 実 (jitsu) — fruit, reality, truth
• 発音: /ka.dʑi.tsɯ/

意味

Fruit; the edible product of a plant, also used figuratively for the results of effort.

A noun that is more literary and formal than the everyday word 果物 (くだもの). Used in botanical, agricultural, and legal contexts. In law, 果実 can refer to profits or yields from property. Also used figuratively as in 努力の果実 (the fruits of one's labour).

例文

1. 秋になると庭の木にたくさんの果実がなる。
2. 南国の果実は甘くてジューシーだ。
3. この地域は温暖な気候で果実の栽培に適している。

使い方ガイド

場面: agriculture, botany, literature

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 果 (fruit, result) + 実 (fruit, reality, truth). Both kanji independently can mean 'fruit,' and together they reinforce the meaning. 果 also carries the sense of 'outcome.'

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal