pinto bean; mottled kidney bean
Refers to beans with a speckled pattern resembling quail eggs, typically pinto beans or similar mottled varieties.
Soak the pinto beans in water and then boil them.
This soup contains mottled kidney beans.
Standard spelling combining the kana for うずら (quail) with the kanji 豆 (bean).
Rarely used kanji form; the kanji 鶉 for 'quail' is uncommon.
Compound of うずら (quail) and 豆 (bean), named for the bean's speckled pattern resembling quail eggs.