Word Meaning 茄子紺

なすこん nasukon

茄子紺 is read as なすこん (nasukon) and means dusky purple.

Meaning

English

  1. dusky purple
  2. dark purple
  3. eggplant color

Reading

Kana

なすこん

Romaji

nasukon

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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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)

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)

唐茄子

とうなす

squash

金糸雀茄子

かなりあなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)

惚け茄子

ぼけなす

faded, dull-colored eggplant

狐茄子

きつねなす

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)