| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 瓜 | うり | melon, gourd |
| 瓜二つ | うりふたつ | as alike as two melons (two peas in a pod) |
| 糸瓜 | へちま | sponge gourd, dishcloth gourd, loofah; sponge cucumber; (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless |
| 天糸瓜 | へちま | sponge gourd, dishcloth gourd, loofah; sponge cucumber; (metaphorically, generally in negative sentences) something useless |
| 西瓜 | すいか, スイカ | watermelon |
| 水瓜 | すいか, スイカ | watermelon |
| 破瓜 | はか | age 16 (girl); age 64 (man); puberty; deflowering |
| 破瓜病 | はかびょう | hebephrenia (disorganized schizophrenia) (disorganised) |
| 木瓜 | ぼけ | (Chinese) flowering quince, Chaenomeles speciosa |
| 南瓜 | かぼちゃ, なんか | (Japanese) squash, pumpkin |
