豆

• 読み: まめ
• ローマ字: mame
• 漢字の分解: 豆 (mame/tou) — bean, pea
• 発音: /ma.me/

意味

Beans; peas; legumes. A general term for various types of beans and pulses.

A noun covering a wide range of legumes including soybeans (大豆), adzuki beans (小豆), and green peas. Beans play a central role in Japanese cuisine, appearing in dishes like 豆腐, 納豆, and 煮豆. The word also appears in compounds like 豆知識 (trivia, lit. bean knowledge) and 豆まき (bean-throwing at Setsubun).

例文

1. 節分の日に豆をまく習慣がある。
2. この料理には豆がたくさん入っている。
3. 子供の頃は豆が嫌いだったけど、今は好きだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: food, cooking, culture

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 豆 originally depicted a tall-stemmed ritual vessel, but came to represent beans through phonetic borrowing. The shape of the vessel resembled a bean pod.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal