Meanings
Noun
Buddhist
1. phala (attained state, result)
2. enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice)
3. fruit
Counter
4. counter for pieces of fruit
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
sorting fruit
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
decisive; resolute; drastic
five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut); five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships; five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life
loment; lomentum
as was expected; sure enough
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
false fruit; pseudocarp
modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach
fruit
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
fruits and vegetables
flesh of fruit
good fortune; luck; happiness; vipaka (retribution)
fructose; fruit sugar
good results
excellent result; good outcome; delicious fruit
caryopsis
fruit eating; eating fruit
fruits and vegetables
fleshy fruit
capsule (type of dehiscent fruit)
capsule (type of dehiscent fruit)
enlightenment attained through training
dry fruit (e.g. nuts, legumes, follicles); dried fruit
effects of karma
valor and decisiveness (valour)
fleshy fruit
putamen
fig; syconium
dehiscent fruit
true fruit (i.e. one that forms from the ovary only)
samara; key
siliqua; silique
unusual fruit; rare fruit
follicle
schizocarp
simple fruit
drupe; stone fruit
Examples (1 in total)
For the peasant, fruits are more important than flowers.