Word Meaning 秋茄子

Listen to 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな

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)

Listen to 秋の野芥子

秋の野芥子

あきののげし

Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

Listen to 茄子

茄子

なす

eggplant (Solanum melongena)

Listen to 小茄子

小茄子

こなすび

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

Listen to 水茄子

水茄子

みずなす

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

Listen to 悪茄子

悪茄子

わるなすび

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

Listen to 赤茄子

赤茄子

あかなす

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Listen to 浜茄子

浜茄子

はまなす

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)

Listen to 一富士二鷹三茄子

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)

Listen to 角茄子

角茄子

つのなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

Listen to 賀茂茄子

賀茂茄子

かもなす

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

Listen to 唐茄子

唐茄子

とうなす

squash