to eat / (archaic, humble) to eat or drink

Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine / a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant

a placename

a surname

(archaic) Solanum melongena, the eggplant or aubergine / (archaic) a 茶入れ (chaire, “tea container”) in the shape of an eggplant / (figuratively) poverty, destitution

(archaic) antique, old-fashioned / (colloquial) ancient

ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

food scraps, leftovers, leftover food

all you can eat

the ancients, ancient people