蕃茄

Etymology 1
Borrowed from. The kanji are, from the 🇨🇬 word for.

Noun

 * : tomato (fruit)

Usage notes
The kanji spelling for tomato is exceedingly rare.

Etymology 2
Given the history of when tomatoes were introduced to the far east, probably from late-middle or early-modern. Compare the modern 🇨🇬 reading of faan1 ke4.

Noun

 * 1)  tomato (fruit)

Usage notes
This term has been superseded in modern Japanese by the English-derived.