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

faded, dull-colored eggplant
slow-witted person
dimwit
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)

水茄子

みずなす

pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

悪茄子

わるなすび

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

赤茄子

あかなす

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

秋茄子

あきなす

autumn eggplant

浜茄子

はまなす

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)

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)

賀茂茄子

かもなす

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

唐茄子

とうなす

squash

麻婆茄子

まーぼーなす

mabo nasu