林檎

Etymology 1
First attested during the – era.

Likely a loanword from a language in the, apples also being a common produce of Central Asia.

Noun

 * 1) wedding gift
 * 2)  sugar apple
 * 1)  sugar apple

Descendants
Other:

Etymology 2
Borrowed from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  apple

Etymology 1


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From.

Originally referred to the  imported from China, it has expanded to mean any apple of the Malus genus.

First cited in 918 in the.

Noun

 * 1)  apple
 * 2)  the company  or its products
 * 1)  the company  or its products

Usage notes
Can refer to either the fruit or the tree.

Etymology 2
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A variant shift from. The shift in reading was due to an orthographic inconsistency in spelling the nasalized mora marked as in modern Japanese. In ancient texts, this kana did not yet exist, and the sound was often spelled using the kana, which in certain terms shifted to, and may have been spelled as,.

Appears in the of.

Noun

 * 1)   an apple

Etymology 3
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Another variant shift from.

Appears in the of 1181.

Noun

 * 1)   an apple