noun:

• pit (of a fruit); stone - obscure term
• core
• tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
• clitoris

noun:

• first wholesale produce market of the year (usu. auction of seafood, fruit, etc.)

godan ~す verb:

• to blow down (fruit)

noun:

• capsule (type of dehiscent fruit) - Botany term

noun:

• bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters

~の noun:

• crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing

noun:

• small household fly (e.g. fruit fly) ➜ 蠅

ichidan verb:

• (for a fruit) to go bad and lose its shape from being overripe or damaged
• to feel listless; to be dull; to be lazy; to look bored

noun:

• Drosophila melanogaster (species of fruit fly)

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

noun:

• bruise (on fruit, etc.)

noun:

• hebesu (var. of citrus fruit from Miyazaki); hebezu

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to ripen (fruit, grain, etc.); to become ripe

noun:

• traditional Japanese alcohol (primarily sake, but also shochu and fruit wine) ➜ 日本酒

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to pluck (e.g. a fruit, a leaf); to pick; to tear off (e.g. a ticket stub, a branch from a tree)

noun:

• bearing (fruit)

noun:

• wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g fruit)
• to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around; to float around

noun:

• sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit) ➜ 蕃茘枝

expression:

• with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.) ➜ 共【ごと】

noun:

• best time for (corn, etc.); season (for fruit, etc.)

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hard-core (music, porn, etc.); hardcore; hard core (fruit, etc.)

adjective:

• fresh and youthful; lively; vibrant; vivacious; juicy (e.g. fruit)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be attached; to be connected with; to adhere; to stick; to cling
• to remain imprinted; to scar; to stain; to dye
• to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)
• to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
• to take root
• to accompany; to attend; to follow; to study with
• to side with; to belong to
• to possess; to haunt ➜ 憑く
• to be lit; to be lighted ➜ 点く
• to be settled; to be resolved; to be decided
• to be given (of a name, price, etc.)
• to be sensed; to be perceived
• to be lucky - from 運がつく

suffix / godan ~く verb:

• to become (a state, condition, etc.) - after -masu stems, onomatopoeic and mimetic words ➜ 付く【づく】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
• to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
• to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
• to extort; to exploit
• to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
• to drill into; to train
• to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
• to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
• to stop down (lens)
• to turn down (e.g. radio)
• to bend (bow); to draw
• to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term

suffix noun / noun:

• dropping; unloading; removing

noun:

• grated vegetables, fruit, etc.
• grater - abbreviation ➜ おろし金
• using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)