# fruit: Japanese–English dictionary

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Language pair: Japanese and English
CEFR level: A1
Part of speech: noun
IPA: /fruːt/
Katakana pronunciation: フルーツ

## Meaning 1: Food
The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seeds and can be eaten as food.
### 日本語の意味
木や植物から採れる、種を含んだ甘くて果肉のある食べ物。

### Examples
- This apple is a very sweet fruit.
  - English: このリンゴはとても甘い果物です。
- We ate fresh fruit for breakfast.
  - English: 朝食に新鮮な果物を食べました。
- The tree produced a lot of fruit this year.
  - English: その木は今年、たくさんの実をつけました。

## Meaning 2: Figurative
The result or product of an action or effort.

### Examples

  - English: Hard work often bears fruit.

  - English: His efforts finally bore fruit after many years.

  - English: The plan was a success, and the fruit of their labor was evident.

## Meaning 3: Botany
The seed-bearing structure of a flowering plant.

### Examples

  - English: The fruit develops from the ovary of a flower.

  - English: This species of plant produces a fleshy fruit.

  - English: The fruit wall protects the seeds inside.

## English equivalents
- fruit
- produce
- crop
- harvest
## Japanese equivalents
- 果物
- フルーツ
- 実
## Common patterns
- **fruit of**: The result or product of something. Example: The fruit of his research was a new discovery.

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