Word Meaning 水茄子

みずなす mizunasu

水茄子 is read as みずなす (mizunasu) and means pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant.

Meaning

English

  1. pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant
  2. var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw

Reading

Kana

みずなす

Romaji

mizunasu

Writing Variants

  • 水なす みずなす mizunasu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

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)

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