茄子
Chinese
eggplant | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
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trad. (茄子) | 茄 | 子 | |
simp. #(茄子) | 茄 | 子 |

茄子
Pronunciation
Noun
茄子
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 茄子 (“eggplant; aubergine”) [map]
Dialectal synonyms of 番茄 (“tomato”) [map]
Derived terms
- 謝謝茄子/谢谢茄子
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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茄 | 子 |
なす | |
Jinmeiyō | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
/nasubi/ → */nasubʉ/*/nasumɨ/ → /nasumʉ/ → /nasuː/ → /nasu/
First attested in the late 1400s, originally a nyōbō kotoba term.
Shift from nasubi below.
Noun
茄子 or 茄子 • (nasu)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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茄 | 子 |
なすび | |
Jinmeiyō | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
First attested in the Wamyō Ruijushō (938 CE).
Various theories exist regarding the ultimate derivation:
- Shift from a compound of なす (nasu, “to become”, transitive) + 実 (mi, “fruit”)
- Same as above, but with the なす part being a loanword or substrate word of Kra-Dai or Austronesian origin, compare Wu 落蘇/落苏 (8loq-su1), Teochew 落蘇/落苏 (lag8 sou1), Zhuang lwggwz and Paiwan [Term?] (lasaras)
- Shift from 夏の実 (natsu no mi, literally “summer fruit”).
(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
茄子 or 茄子 • (nasubi)
- (archaic) Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine
- (archaic) a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant
- (figurative) poverty, destitution
- from the inexpensiveness of eggplants even the impoverished can eat
- a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with designs of eggplant fruits, flowers, and leaves
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 茄子売り (nasubi-uri)
- 茄子鉄漿 (nasubi-gane)
- 茄子薬 (nasubi-gusuri)
- 茄子の田楽 (nasubi no dengaku)
- 茄子苗 (nasubinae)
- 珊瑚樹茄子 (sangoju nasu)
- 茄子歯 (nasubiba)
- 赤子茄子 (akako nasubi)
- 秋茄子 (akinasubi)
- あたじけ茄子 (atajike nasubi)
- 刺茄子 (Iga nasubi)
- 蘞茄子 (egu nasubi)
- 気違い茄子 (kichigai nasubi)
- 木毟茄子 (kimishiri nasubi)
- 草茄子 (kusanasubi)
- 小茄子 (konasubi)
- 沢茄子 (sawa nasubi)
- 白茄子 (shironasubi)
- 種茄子 (tane nasubi)
- 天竺茄子 (Tenjiku nasubi)
- 長茄子 (naganasubi)
- 一口茄子 (hitokuchi nasubi)
- 水茄子 (mizu nasubi)
- 山茄子 (yama nasubi)
- 悪茄子 (warunasubi)
Proverbs
- 瓜の蔓に茄子はならぬ (uri no tsuru ni nasubi wa naranu)
- 一富士二鷹三茄子 (ichi fuji ni taka san nasubi)
- 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない (oya no iken to nasubi no hana wa sen ni hitotsu mo muda wa nai)
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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