Search Terms: *茄*
Dictionary results(showing 23 results)
noun
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eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine(usually kana)
Other readings:
なす《茄》
、なすび《茄子》
、ナス
、ナスビ
noun
1.
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium), tomato-fruit eggplant
2.
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
See also:トマト
expression
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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)(proverb)
expression
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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)(proverb)
expression
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like begets like, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eggplants don't grow on gourd vines(proverb)
Other readings:
瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ【うりのつるになすびはならぬ】
おやいけんなすびはなせんひとむだ
oyanoikentonasubinohanahasennihitotsumomudahanai
expression
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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(proverb)
noun
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Other readings:
カナリアナス
noun
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Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena), round variety of eggplant famously grown in Kyoto
Other readings:
賀茂なす【かもなす】
、加茂茄【かもなす】
、カモナス
noun
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キツネナス
noun
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nipplefruit, apple of Sodom (Solanum mammosum), titty fruit, cow's udder(usually kana)
Other readings:
ツノナス
noun
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rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), Japanese rose, Ramanas rose(usually kana)
Other readings:
はまなす《浜梨》
、はまなし《浜梨》
、ハマナス
noun
1.
faded, dull-colored eggplant(usually kana)
2.
slow-witted, abstracted person, halfwit(derogatory)
noun
1.
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw
2.
pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
Other readings:
水なす【みずなす】
noun
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grilled eggplant, fried eggplant(food term)
Other readings:
焼き茄子【やきなす】
、焼きなす【やきなす】
、焼茄子【やきなす】
、焼ナス【やきナス】
、焼なす【やきなす】