くり
Meanings
Noun
1. Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) (Usually kana)
Other spellings
栗
Other readings
Kanji in other spellings
Pitch accent
くり
Used in vocabulary
桃栗三年柿八年
it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
Expression
Examples2
栗
Chestnuts have to be boiled for at least fifteen minutes.
彼
He cleared the street of chestnuts.