大だい豆ず

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to the bean itself, the plant, or the crop. Common in food, agriculture, and everyday contexts.

大だい豆ずから〈物もの〉を作つくるto make something (tofu, soy milk, etc.) from soybeans
大だい豆ずから豆とう乳にゅうを作つくった。
I made soy milk from soybeans.
大だい豆ずを発はっ酵こうさせるto ferment soybeans (as in making miso or soy sauce)
大だい豆ずを発はっ酵こうさせて味み噌そを作つくる。
You ferment soybeans to make miso.
大だい豆ずを栽さい培ばいするto cultivate/grow soybeans
この地ち域いきでは大だい豆ずを栽さい培ばいしている。
Soybeans are cultivated in this region.
大だい豆ずを煮にるto boil/simmer soybeans
大だい豆ずを柔やわらかくなるまで煮にた。
I simmered the soybeans until they were soft.

枝えだ豆まめ
枝豆 is the young, green soybean still in its pod, usually boiled and eaten as a snack, while 大豆 is the mature, dried bean used for food processing.
小豆あずきN1
小豆 is the adzuki bean, a different species used mainly in sweets, whereas 大豆 is the soybean used for tofu, soy sauce, and oil.
豆まめN3
豆 can specifically mean 'soybean' in context, but 大豆 is the unambiguous, dedicated word for soybean and is used when precision matters (e.g. in cooking or agriculture).

粒つぶN2
Individual soybeans (大豆) are counted with 粒, the counter for small round objects like grains and seeds.

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大だい豆ずUsage88%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
ダイズUsage11%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used in botanical or commercial contexts, or for emphasis.
だいずUsage1%

From 大 (だい, 'big') + 豆 (ず, 'bean'), referring to the relatively large bean compared to other legumes.