茄

Vocabulary (12)

• 悪茄子

  わるなすび

  Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

• 加茂なす

  かもなす

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

• 茄子科

  なすか

  Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)

• 茄子属

  なすぞく

  Solanum (nightshade genus of plants)

• 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)

• 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)

• 長なす

  ながなす

  long, slender eggplant

• 蕃茄

  ばんか

  tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

• 秋なす

  あきなす

  autumn eggplant

• 茄

  なす

  eggplant (Solanum melongena)

• 米なす

  べいなす

  globe eggplant

• 焼きなす

  やきなす

  grilled eggplant