茄

eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

dusky purple; dark purple; eggplant color

Derogatory; Word usually written using kana alone

slow-witted person; dimwit; halfwit

Orig. meaning

faded, dull-colored eggplant

Food, cooking

mabo nasu; fried eggplant with Chinese chili sauce

Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Food, cooking

grilled eggplant; fried eggplant

squash; pumpkin

Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)

rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose

autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn

Proverb

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)

var. of eggplant (Solanum melongena) which can be eaten raw

pickled (in rice bran or vinegar) (whole) eggplant

Kamo eggplant (Solanum melongena; round variety originally grown in Kyoto)

small eggplant

Word usually written using kana alone

Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

Proverb

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)

long, slender eggplant

tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense)

Solanum (nightshade genus of plants)

Proverb

like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder

Proverb

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