茄
カ
eggplant
Words
水茄子
みずなす
- var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw n
- pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant n
悪茄子
わるなすび ワルナスビ
- Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) n uk
小茄子
こなすび
- small eggplant n
- Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica) n uk
惚け茄子
ぼけなす
- faded, dull-colored eggplant n uk
- slow-witted, abstracted person; halfwit n derog
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 exp proverb