No. 2,931 in Japanese
カボチャ
Pumpkin.
In a sentence
このカボチャはとても甘いですね。
This pumpkin is very sweet.
In this sentence, 'カボチャ' refers to a specific pumpkin being described as sweet in taste.
カボチャを使ってスープを作りました。
I made soup using pumpkin.
Here, 'カボチャ' represents the ingredient pumpkin, which was used to make soup.
ハロウィーンにはカボチャを飾ります。
For Halloween, pumpkins are used as decorations.
In this case, 'カボチャ' denotes pumpkins in general used for decorating purposes during Halloween.
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