りんご

• 読み: りんご
• ローマ字: ringo
• 漢字の分解: 林 (rin/hayashi) — forest, grove; 檎 (go/kin) — apple tree
• 発音: /ɾi.ɴ.ɡo/

意味

Apple (fruit). One of the most popular and widely available fruits in Japan.

While the kanji 林檎 exists, this word is almost always written in hiragana or katakana (リンゴ) in everyday use. Aomori Prefecture produces about 60% of Japan's apples and is famous for its apple varieties. Commonly encountered in N5-level food vocabulary.

例文

1. りんごを一つください。
2. 毎朝りんごを食べます。
3. 赤いりんごが好きです。

使い方ガイド

場面: food, shopping, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 林檎 was borrowed from Chinese. The word entered Japanese through classical Chinese texts, where 林 means 'forest' and 檎 refers to a type of fruit-bearing tree.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal