(くだもの)()

くだものがり
noun
fruit picking (as a leisure outing)
1. fruit picking (as a leisure outing)
Visiting an orchard or farm to pick and eat fruit, a popular seasonal outing in Japan. 果物(くだもの) (fruit) + ()り (picking, gathering).
果物(くだもの)()りに()く。
We're going fruit picking.
(あき)果物(くだもの)()りの季節(きせつ)だ。
Autumn is the season for fruit picking.
家族(かぞく)農園(のうえん)果物(くだもの)()りに()かけた。
The family went out to an orchard for fruit picking.

果物(くだもの) (fruit) + ()り (gathering; the reading voices to がり in the compound). The ()り suffix is used broadly for gathering or viewing outings, not just hunting.

RELATED OUTINGS:

  • いちご()り: strawberry picking
  • ぶどう()り: grape picking
  • 潮干狩(しおひが)り: clam digging
  • 紅葉狩(もみじが)り: autumn-leaf viewing