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茄子なす
eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine
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蕃茄ばんか
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
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茄子紺なすこん
dusky purple, dark purple, eggplant color
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赤茄子あかなす
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium), tomato-fruit eggplant
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小茄子こなすび
small eggplant
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悪茄子わるなすび
Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)
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水茄子みずなす
var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw
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角茄子ツノナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum), apple of Sodom, titty fruit, cow's udder
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唐茄子とうなす
squash, pumpkin
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浜茄子はまなす
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), Japanese rose, Ramanas rose
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狐茄子キツネナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum), apple of Sodom, titty fruit, cow's udder
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秋茄子あきなす
autumn eggplant, eggplant picked in the autumn
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賀茂茄子かもなす
Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)
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麻婆茄子マーボーなす
mabo nasu, fried eggplant with Chinese chili sauce
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惚け茄子ぼけなす
slow-witted person, dimwit, halfwit
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金糸雀茄子カナリアナス
nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum), apple of Sodom, titty fruit, cow's udder
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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)
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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, eggplants don't grow on gourd vines
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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)
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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, not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain