栗
栗

chestnut

10 strokesFrequency 1,550JLPT N1Grade 9

On

リツリ

Kun

くりおののく

Nanori

くるりっ

Dictionary

Common Words

くり栗クリNounUsually kanaFreq #13853
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Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

Examples
栗は少なくとも15分は茹でなくてはいけない。
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.
栗色くり色くりいろNoun～の Adj.Freq #16115
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chestnut-color; chestnut-colour

栗毛くりげNoun～の Adj.Freq #36304
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chestnut (horse coat color)

りす栗鼠リスNounUsually kanaFreq #39300
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squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae)

Examples
リスは枝の中に隠れた。
A squirrel hid among the branches.
2

Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

どんぐりドングリ《団栗》橡NounUsually kanaFreq #39630
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acorn

Examples
カシの大樹も小さなドングリから育つ。
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
片栗粉かたくり粉かたくりこNounFreq #53864
1

potato starch

2

starch of dogtooth violet

火中の栗を拾うかちゅうのくりをひろうExpressionGodan verbFreq #82038
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Idiomatic expression; Orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine

to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire

栗きんとんくりきんとん栗金団NounFreq #84786
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Food, cooking

mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts

甘栗あまぐりNounFreq #85507
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Food, cooking

broiled sweet chestnuts

みくり実栗三稜草ミクリNounUsually kanaFreq #87762
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branched bur-reed (Sparganium erectum); simplestem bur-reed

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