I boil beans and eat them.
この豆はとても小さい。
These beans are very small.
Colloquial and somewhat vulgar slang for female genitalia, especially the clitoris. Use with caution.
俗語で「豆」は女性器を指すことがある。
In slang, 'mame' can refer to female genitalia.
Colloquial term for kidney, often used in food contexts (e.g., offal dishes). Usually written in kana.
焼き鳥屋でマメを注文した。
I ordered kidney at the yakitori shop.
Prefix meaning small, miniature, or child-like. Used in compounds like 豆電球 (miniature light bulb) or 豆本 (miniature book).
豆電球を使って実験した。
We did an experiment using a miniature light bulb.
豆本を集めるのが趣味です。
My hobby is collecting miniature books.
My mother boils beans every night to make side dishes.
On the night of Setsubun, we scatter beans to drive away demons.
We roast the beans first to bring out the aroma before making coffee.
broad bean; fava bean
miniature book
speck; tiny dot; grain-sized thing
peashooter
cooked beans; boiled beans
blood blister
common bean; green bean; kidney bean
salted beans
blister on the sole; corn
lentil
pigeon pea
Smilax biflora var. trinervula
green coffee bean; unroasted coffee bean
roasted soybeans for Setsubun
scarlet runner bean
chamame (a variety of edamame)
legume; leguminous plant
Rare variant kanji for 'bean'.