noun
persimmon; kaki; Japanese persimmon
Refers to the fruit of the persimmon tree, Diospyros kaki, commonly eaten in autumn.
秋になると、庭の柿が赤く色づく。
In autumn, the persimmons in the garden turn red.
干し柿を作るために、柿の皮をむいた。
I peeled the persimmons to make dried persimmons.
Rarely used kanji form.
The word is native Japanese. The kanji 柿 is a phono-semantic compound with 木 (tree) and 市 (market), but the exact historical derivation is uncertain.