| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 茄 | なす, なすび | eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine |
| 茄子 | なす, なすび | eggplant (Solanum melongena), aubergine |
| 唐茄子 | とうなす | squash, pumpkin |
| 浜茄子 | はまなす | sweet briar |
| 赤茄子 | あかなす | Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium), tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) |
| 瓜の蔓に茄子は生らぬ | うりのつるになすびはならぬ | like begets like |
| 惚け茄子 | ぼけなす | faded, dull-colored eggplant; slow-witted, abstracted person, halfwit |
| 小茄子 | こなすび | small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica) |
| 悪茄子 | わるなすび | Carolina horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) |
| 茄子科 | ナスか, なすか | Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants) |
