Ripe in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishGrown enough to be eaten.

Definition in Japaneseよく育って、食べごろになった状態。

Example sentences

• そのバナナまだ青(あお)いよ。熟(じゅく)してるのがいいなら、週末(しゅうまつ)まで待(ま)ってね。🔊

  Those bananas won't be ripe until the weekend.

• 洋梨(ようなし)は、軸(じく)のあたりを押(お)してちょっとへこむようなら熟(じゅく)してるよ。🔊

  You can tell a pear is ripe when it gives a little near the stem.

• 鳥(とり)に食(た)べられちゃうから、いちごはまだ熟(じゅく)してないうちに摘(つ)んじゃったの。🔊

  We picked the mangoes before they were ripe so the bats wouldn't get them.

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