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

  1. 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 92012 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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秋茄子

あきなす

autumn eggplant

秋の野芥子

あきののげし

Indian lettuce (Lactuca indica)

茄子

なす

eggplant (Solanum melongena)

小茄子

こなすび

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

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)

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

浜茄子

はまなす

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa)