Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child and grandparent transplant a tulip from a small nursery pot. The grandparent supports the loosened soil so the rounded bulb, papery outer skin, roots underneath, and green shoot above are all visible together.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

球きゅう根こん

kyuukon

plant bulb

Example sentences

  1. 灰汁あくの強つよい根菜こんさいや球根きゅうこんを主おもとする噛かみ応ごたえのある野菜やさい、豚肉ぶたにくの脂あぶらや味噌みその香かおりが特徴とくちょうである。

    Its distinguishing features are firm vegetables, mainly bitter root vegetables and bulbs, and the aromas of pork fat and miso.

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  2. 母ははと庭にわにチューリップの球根きゅうこんを植うえた。

    I planted tulip bulbs in the garden with my mother.

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  3. 庭にわの球根きゅうこんから新あたらしい芽めが出でた。

    New shoots have grown from the bulbs in the garden.

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Kanji in 球根

  • 球ball; sphereOnキュウKunたま
  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね

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