緑りょく豆とう

noun

mung bean; green gram

Refers to the small green legume Vigna radiata, used in East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines, often sprouted as bean sprouts.

• 緑りょく豆とうは春はる雨さめの原げん料りょうとしても使つかわれる。

  Mung beans are also used as an ingredient for cellophane noodles.

• スーパーで緑りょく豆とうを買かって、もやしを育そだててみた。

  I bought mung beans at the supermarket and tried growing bean sprouts.