How to say "pea" in Japanese

• まめJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe common, general term for edible legumes and their seeds, covering beans, peas and pulses alike; it includes peas without singling them out, making it the default unless the pea itself must be specified.
  飲のむ分ぶんだけ豆まめをローストして、ミルで挽ひくんです。↗

  We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.
• えんどう
  nounThe specific name for the pea plant, Pisum sativum, as opposed to beans or legumes in general; usually written in kana rather than with kanji.
• えんどうまめ
  nounPea as a vegetable — the green seed or garden pea; a more specific word than まめ when you mean the edible peas themselves, and usually written in kana.
  その双子ふたごはさやの中なかの２つのえんどう豆まめのように似にている。↗

  The twins are as alike as two peas in a pod.
• 豆粒まめつぶ
  nounRefers to a single bean or pea as an individual seed rather than peas in general; for the vegetable or the crop, it is seldom the word you want.

Use 「まめ」 for beans and peas in general, 「えんどう」 for the pea plant itself, 「えんどうまめ」 for green peas as a vegetable, and 豆粒 for single pea or bean seeds.

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• まめlegume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses)
• えんどうpea (Pisum sativum)
• えんどうまめpea
• 豆粒まめつぶ(single) bean