茄

Meaning

茄 centers on the eggplant, a specific plant. The meaning is concrete and narrow, referring to the vegetable itself.

• 茄子なす
  N1

  eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

• 浜茄子はまなす

  rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose

• 一富士二鷹三茄子いちふじにたかさんなすび

  best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant (of auspicious things to see in a dream, esp. one's first dream of the year)

• 唐茄子とうなす

  squash; pumpkin

• 小茄子こなすび

  small eggplant

• 悪茄子わるなすび

  Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

• 惚け茄子ぼけなす

  slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit

• 水茄子みずなす

  var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw

• 狐茄子きつねなす

  nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

• 瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬうりのつるになすびはならぬ

  like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

• 秋茄子あきなす

  autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn

• 秋茄子は嫁に食わすなあきなすはよめにくわすな

  don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)

• 茄子紺なすこん

  dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color

• 蕃茄ばんか

  tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

• 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はないおやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない

  always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain

• 角茄子つのなす

  nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

• 賀茂茄子かもなす

  Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)

• 赤茄子あかなす

  Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant

• 金糸雀茄子かなりあなす

  nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

• 麻婆茄子マーボーなす

  mabo nasu; fried eggplant with Chinese chili sauce

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