Word Meaning 惚け茄子

ぼけなす bokenasu

惚け茄子 is read as ぼけなす (bokenasu) and means faded, dull-colored eggplant.

Meaning

English

  1. faded, dull-colored eggplant
  2. slow-witted person
  3. dimwit
  4. halfwit

Reading

Kana

ぼけなす

Romaji

bokenasu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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茄子

なす

eggplant (Solanum melongena)

小茄子

こなすび

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

悪茄子

わるなすび

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

赤茄子

あかなす

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

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)

角茄子

つのなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

唐茄子

とうなす

squash

金糸雀茄子

かなりあなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

狐茄子

きつねなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

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)

茄子紺

なすこん

dusky purple