茄
カ
eggplant
Words
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) exp proverb
賀茂茄子
かもなす カモナス
- Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena); round variety of eggplant famously grown in Kyoto n
茄子紺
なすこん
- dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color n
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 exp proverb
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) exp proverb