Japanese Food Vocabulary - Fruits and Vegetables

30 flashcards · Beginner · Language Learning

Everyday Japanese food words — common fruits, vegetables, and staple foods — each with natural Japanese script, Hepburn romaji, an example sentence, and native-speaker audio.

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Fruits

Apple

りんご

Pronunciation

ringo

What you'll learn

Japanese words for popular fruits like apple, strawberry, and grapes
Japanese words for everyday vegetables like carrot, potato, and onion
Staple foods such as rice, bread, fish, meat, and egg
When to use katakana for imported foods and kanji for native ones
A natural example sentence for every food word
Correct pronunciation from native-speaker audio on every card

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Fruits · 12

りんご/ ringo /: Apple
バナナ/ banana /: Banana
みかん/ mikan /: Mandarin orange
いちご/ ichigo /: Strawberry
ぶどう/ budō /: Grapes
もも/ momo /: Peach
すいか/ suika /: Watermelon
メロン/ meron /: Melon
なし/ nashi /: Japanese pear
レモン/ remon /: Lemon
オレンジ/ orenji /: Orange
パイナップル/ painappuru /: Pineapple

Vegetables · 12

にんじん/ ninjin /: Carrot
じゃがいも/ jagaimo /: Potato
たまねぎ/ tamanegi /: Onion
トマト/ tomato /: Tomato
キャベツ/ kyabetsu /: Cabbage
きゅうり/ kyūri /: Cucumber
なす/ nasu /: Eggplant
だいこん/ daikon /: Daikon radish
ねぎ/ negi /: Green onion
ほうれんそう/ hōrensō /: Spinach
とうもろこし/ tōmorokoshi /: Corn
ピーマン/ pīman /: Green bell pepper

Common Foods · 6

ご飯/ gohan /: Cooked rice / meal
パン/ pan /: Bread
魚/ sakana /: Fish
肉/ niku /: Meat
卵/ tamago /: Egg
牛乳/ gyūnyū /: Milk