Kanji
茄
N1
8 strokes
Grade 9
eggplant
On'yomi (音読み)
カ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
茄子
なす
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
角茄子
ツノナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom
気違茄子
キチガイナスビ
thorn apple (Datura stramonium); jimsonweed
麻婆茄子
マーボーなす
mabo nasu; fried eggplant with minced meat and chili sauce
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)
賀茂茄子
かもなす
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
茄子紺
なすこん
dusky purple; dark purple
秋茄子
あきなす
autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn
金糸雀茄子
カナリアナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom
狐茄子
キツネナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
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; always value your parents' advice
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)
惚け茄子
ぼけなす
slow-witted person; dimwit
瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ
うりのつるになすびはならぬ
like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree