eggplant – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Oct 17, 2017Jan 03, 2024 agriculture, classification, eggplant, Fisheries, Forestry, fruit, herbaceous plant, Japan, tree, vegetable

The Definition of Vegetable Part 1

In my previous post, I wrote something like “eggplant is a vegetable,” but a commenter pointed out that “eggplant is Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Idiom Japanese tradition Proverb Uncorrected

Toru Oct 16, 2017Jan 03, 2024 autumn, daughter-in-law, delicious, eggplant, etymology, interpretations, Japanese, nasu, proverb, superstition

Akinasu wa Yome ni Kuwasuna (秋茄子は嫁に食わすな – Don’t Let Daughter-in-Law Eat Autumn Eggplants)

Akinasu wa Yome ni Kuwasuna 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな Yesterday, I introduced the etymology of “nasu” (茄子 – eggplant). 昨日は「茄子（ナス）」の語源について紹介しました。 Today I’d like Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Oct 15, 2017Jan 03, 2024 autumn, eggplant, etymology, harvest, India, nasu, nasubi, summer, texture, vegetable

Nasu (ナス – Eggplant)

Nasu ナス Do you like a kind of vegetable called “nasu” (ナス)? ナスという野菜は好きですか？ Nasu is a vegetable native to India, Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Food Idiom Japanese tradition Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jul 16, 2016Jan 06, 2024 abuse, bokenasu, culture, eggplant, etymology, idiom, Japanese, otanko nasu, slang, vegetables

Bokenasu

Today, I will talk about the Japanese slang “bokenasu.” ボケナス The literal meaning of “bokenasu” is “a faded eggplant,” but Read More

Culture Diary Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 02, 2016Jan 07, 2024 auspicious tokens, blood, death, disaster, eggplant, excrement, Hatsuyume, hawk, Ichi fuji ni taka san nasu, Mount Fuji

First Dream of the Year

First Dream of the Year is called Hatsuyume in Japan. 初夢 Japanese people often forecast the year’s fortune from the Read More

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