Illustration: On a home kitchen counter sits a squat kabocha with a thick stem and deeply ridged rind. Beside it, a cut half exposes dense flesh surrounding a central cavity of flat seeds and fibrous strands.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

かぼちゃ

kabocha

pumpkin, squash

Example sentences

  1. かぼちゃプリンを食たべます。

    I will eat pumpkin pudding.

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  2. なんて大おおきなかぼちゃなんだ！

    What a big pumpkin!

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「何作なにつくってるの？」「カボチャのスープ」

    "What’re you making?" "It’s pumpkin soup."

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