Word Meaning 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな

あきなすはよめにくわすな akinasu ha yome ni kuwasuna

秋茄子は嫁に食わすな is read as あきなすはよめにくわすな (akinasu ha yome ni kuwasuna) and means 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).

Meaning

English

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)

Reading

Kana

あきなすはよめにくわすな

Romaji

akinasu ha yome ni kuwasuna

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 91005 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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秋の野芥子

きののげし

Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

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)

肉食系女子

にくしょくけいじょし

carnivorous female

草食系男子

そうしょくけいだんし

man who doesn't adhere to traditional masculinity, esp. with women and careers

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

遺伝子組換え食品

いでんしくみかえしょくひん

genetically modified food

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