苺

いちご

Also written イチゴ, 莓

Meanings

1. Noun strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
2. 15,000 yen (pun on 一五)

Kanji

• 苺 strawberry. Read as いちご.

Example sentences

• かごは苺でいっぱいでした。
  The basket was filled with strawberries.
• イチゴは冬は高値だ。
  Strawberries sell at high prices in winter.
• イチゴは私たちが摘むはしから熟しかけていた。
  The berries were ripening almost as fast as we could gather them.
• イチゴは今が旬です。
  Strawberries are in season now.
• イチゴは今が旬だよ。
  Strawberries are in season now.

Common phrases

• イチゴを栽培する

Words containing 苺

• 桑苺 (くわいちご) fruit of the mulberry
• 毒苺 (どくいちご) false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha)

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