一いち富ふ士じ二に鷹たか三さん茄子なすび

expression

best is Fuji, second is a hawk, third is an eggplant

A traditional proverb listing auspicious things to see in one's first dream of the new year (hatsuyume). The order is fixed and the phrase is used as a set expression.

• 初はつ夢ゆめに一いち富ふ士じ二に鷹たか三さん茄子なすびを見みると縁えん起ぎがいいと言いわれている。

  It is said that seeing Mount Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant in your first dream of the year is auspicious.