No. 1,539 in Japanese
レモン
Lemon.
In a sentence
このレモンはとてもすっぱいです。
This lemon is very sour.
レモン is used here to refer to the fruit, a lemon.
ジュースにレモンを絞ってください。
Please squeeze some lemon into the juice.
レモン is used for the act of utilizing lemon as an ingredient.
彼の歌声はレモンのように爽やかです。
His singing voice is as refreshing as a lemon.
レモン is employed metaphorically to describe the refreshing quality of something.
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