Word Meaning 瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ

うりのつるになすびはならぬ uri no tsuru ni nasubihanaranu

瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ is read as うりのつるになすびはならぬ (uri no tsuru ni nasubihanaranu) and means like begets like.

Meaning

English

like begets like
the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

Reading

Kana

うりのつるになすびはならぬ

Romaji

uri no tsuru ni nasubihanaranu

Writing Variants

瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ うりのつるになすびはならぬ uri no tsuru ni nasubi ha naranu

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 46 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 159181 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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瓜の蔓

うりのつる

gourd vine

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)

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

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)

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)