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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.
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Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

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

栗ご飯栗ごはん栗御飯くりごはんNounFreq #118935
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chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts

りすざる栗鼠猿リスザルNounUsually kanaFreq #138949
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squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

栗飯栗めしくりめしNounFreq #180053
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chestnut rice; rice boiled with chestnuts

栗ぜんざいくりぜんざい栗善哉NounFreq #194225
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sweet made with soft beans (e.g. adzuki) and chestnuts

栗石くりいしNounFreq #261851
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construction stone (approx. 10-15 cm in diameter)

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Rare term

chestnut-sized pebble

栗梅くりうめNounFreq #280611
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deep brown color

くりしぎぞうむし栗鴫象虫クリシギゾウムシNounUsually kana
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chestnut weevil (Curculio dentipes)

くりいろこがも栗色小鴨クリイロコガモNounUsually kana
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Auckland teal (Anas aucklandica); Auckland Islands teal

栗まんじゅう栗饅頭くりまんじゅうNoun
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Food, cooking

chestnut manjū (filled with a paste of red bean and chestnut)

クリタケ栗茸くりたけNounUsually kana
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brick cap (Hypholoma lateritium); chestnut mushroom

栗皮茶くりかわちゃNoun～の Adj.Freq #301242
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Historical term; Traditional Japanese color name

chestnut brown

りすもどき栗鼠擬リスモドキNounUsually kana
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Rare term

tree shrew

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
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potato starch

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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

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

焼き栗焼栗やきぐりNounFreq #90037
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roasted chestnuts

どんぐりの背比べドングリの背比べ団栗の背比べどんぐりのせいくらべNounExpressionFreq #95579
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Idiomatic expression

having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; height comparison among acorns

Examples
こういう流れになると結局、どんぐりの背比べになる。
Once things start going this way, in the end they'll all be much of a muchness.
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Idiomatic expression

pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest

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