果物

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 果物 is a noun for fruit eaten as food.
• Basic usage: It is an everyday word for fruit eaten, bought, or available in season.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Whole-word reading
  • Here, learn 果物 as くだもの rather than combining the characters' on-readings.
• Another word for fruit
  • フルーツ also means fruit.