How to say "grape" in Japanese

• ぶどうJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounThe common word for grapes, covering both the fruit and the grapevine; use it for the fruit itself, as when talking about eating, buying, or growing grapes. It is usually written in kana.
  このワインは葡萄ぶどうから作つくられています。↗

  This wine is made from grapes.
• グレープ
  nounThe katakana loanword from English 'grape'. Less common than ぶどう, it is seldom the word you want for the fruit itself; you will mostly meet it in flavor and product names.
• ぶどう色ぶどういろ
  no-adjectiveA color term, not a way to refer to the fruit: it means the dark purple color of grapes. Use it when 'grape' refers to a shade, as in describing fabric or lipstick.

Use 「ぶどう」 for the fruit or the vine itself, 「グレープ」 as the less common loanword found mainly in flavor and product names, and 「ぶどう色」 only when 'grape' means the dark purple color.

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• ぶどうgrape
• グレープgrape
• ぶどう色ぶどういろdark purple