Word Meaning 角茄子

つのなす tsunonasu

角茄子 is read as つのなす (tsunonasu) and means nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum).

Meaning

English

  1. nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum)
  2. apple of Sodom
  3. titty fruit
  4. cow's udder

Reading

Kana

つのなす

Romaji

tsunonasu

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 51630 Priority I

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)

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)

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)

茄子紺

なすこん

dusky purple