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瓜: melon

melon; gourd
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Readings

On
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うり

胡瓜 (きゅうり) and 西瓜 (すいか) have irregular readings and are usually written in kana; 瓜二つ means 'spitting image'.

Key words

瓜うりmelon; gourd
西瓜すいかwatermelon
胡瓜きゅうりcucumber
南瓜かぼちゃpumpkin
瓜田李下かでんりかarousing suspicion (idiom)

Example sentences

The two of them look exactly alike and are often mistaken for each other.

In summer, my family watches fireworks while eating watermelon.

There is a custom of eating pumpkin on the winter solstice.

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