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    3. 秋茄子は嫁に食わすな

    秋茄子は嫁に食わすな

    秋あき茄な子すは​嫁よめに​食くわ​す​な​

    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)

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    あきなすはよめにくわすな

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    1.
    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)
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    Characters that make up this word

    秋
    あき・とき…(2)
    autumn
    Kanji
    茄
    eggplant
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    嫁
    よめ・とつ.ぐ・い.く・ゆ.く…(1)
    marry into・bride
    Kanji
    食
    く.う・く.らう・た.べる・は.む…(3)
    eat・food
    Kanji
    は
    ha
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    わ
    wa
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
    な
    na
    Kana
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