豆

Meaning

豆 centers on small, round, seed-like things: beans and peas. The 'midget' sense is a figurative extension of something tiny, like a bean.

• 豆まめ
  N3

  legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea

• 豆腐とうふ
  N1

  tofu; bean curd; beancurd

• 納豆なっとう
  N1

  natto (fermented soybeans)

• 豆乳とうにゅう

  soy milk

• 大豆だいず
  N1

  soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

• 伊豆いず

  Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)

• 小豆あずき
  N1

  adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)

• 枝豆えだまめ

  edamame (green soybeans)

• 大角豆ささげ

  cowpea (Vigna unguiculata); cow pea; black-eyed pea; southern pea

• 黒豆くろまめ

  black soybean

• 湯豆腐ゆどうふ

  boiled tofu

• 豌豆えんどう

  pea (Pisum sativum)

• 豆板まめいた

  candied bean slab

• 豆類まめるい

  pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse

• そら豆そらまめ

  broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean

• 豆本まめほん

  miniature book

• 豆粒まめつぶ

  speck

• 甘納豆あまなっとう

  amanatto; beans (e.g. adzuki, cowpea, fava) simmered in sugar syrup and coated with granulated sugar

• 豆鉄砲まめでっぽう

  peashooter

• 煮豆にまめ

  cooked beans

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