No. 2,007 in Japanese
スイカ
"Suika" (スイカ) means "watermelon" in English.
In a sentence
スイカを食べるのが大好きです。
I love eating watermelons.
スイカ is used as the noun representing the fruit 'watermelon', acting as the object of the verb 食べる (to eat).
スイカの切り方を教えてください。
Please teach me how to cut a watermelon.
スイカ appears in the genitive form スイカの to express possession or related action, here referring to 'watermelon cutting'.
スイカに塩を少し振ったら美味しくなります。
It becomes tastier if you sprinkle a little salt on the watermelon.
スイカ is mentioned as the direct object of the action 'sprinkle' in the sentence, indicating the entity affected by the action.
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