まめ・豆・荳・菽mame[2]odaka (tail-high)

1. nounlegume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea
   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.
2. nounsoya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
3. nounfemale genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
4. noun, foodkidney
5. prefixsmall; miniature; baby; midget; small-scale
6. prefixchild

• SynonymビーンNeutralLoanword used mainly for coffee beans, dish names and product names, as in 「コーヒービーン」; in everyday speech 「豆」 is the normal word.
• Synonym莢豆さやまめNeutralBeans still in the pod, or eaten pod and all, like snow peas or green beans; 「豆」 refers broadly to the bean seeds themselves.
• Related禾穀かこくWrittenWritten word for cereals such as rice; it does not cover legumes, so it differs from 「豆」 even though both are food staples.

Use 「豆」 for beans and bean seeds such as soybeans and adzuki beans. Say 「莢豆」 for beans in the pod, 「ビーン」 in loanwords like 「コーヒービーン」 or product names, and 「禾穀」 for cereals like rice in formal writing.

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1. （まめ）穀物こくもつの一群いちぐん、主おもに食用しょくようとなる双そう子葉しよう植物しょくぶつの種子しゅし。