なすび – Vocabulary details

なすび

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine

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autumn eggplant; eggplant picked in the autumn

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)

small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)

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