マメ
Meanings
Noun
1. legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea
2. soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
3. female genitalia (esp. the clitoris)
4. kidney
Prefix
5. small; miniature; baby; midget; small-scale
6. child
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (87 in total)
broad bean (Vicia faba); horse bean; fava bean
edamame (green soybeans)
pea; green pea; garden pea
trivia; snippet of knowledge
Fabaceae (pea family of plants)
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); kidney bean; navy bean; wax bean; green bean; string bean
blood blister
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
mixture of boiled beans, agar cubes, fruit pieces and syrup
large green soybean; green peas
carob; locust bean
trivia; snippet of knowledge
lentil (Lens culinaris)
legume; legumen; leguminous plant
black soybean
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
loquacious man
bean blister beetle (Epicauta gorhami)
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits)
coffee bean
simmered beans
cacao bean; cocoa bean
peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
parched beans scattered on Setsubun
pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops); plant yielding pulse
Fabaceae (pea family of plants)
Fabaceae (pea family of plants)
green coffee bean
green coffee bean
mame mochi; rice cake pounded with steamed black soybeans
spotted pattern
small tanuki
miniature light bulb; midget lamp
red kidney bean
miniature book
sword bean (Canavalia gladiata)
candied bean slab
salted beans
chamame (variety of edamame)
small light
remnants of a bean plant; beanstalks and pods; bean husk
soybean miso
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean; haricot bean; great northern bean
large broad bean; (boiled and sweetened) broad bean
car-sized tank; tankette
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
small typhoon; midget typhoon
short test; (short) quiz
green soybean variety used for edamame (esp. from Yamagata Prefecture)
black soybean; soybeans boiled in sugary water; pea
roasted (coffee) bean
dish of simmered soybeans and vegetables
bean cake; soybean (oil) meal
pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan)
soybean; soybeans boiled until soft for making miso
calabar bean; ordeal bean
hyacinth bean (Lablab purpureus)
pinto bean; mottled kidney bean
common bean; snow pea; mangetout
man who scatters beans on Setsubun; small man; little man; lewd little man
tiger bean; tiger's eye bean
parched beans (or nuts) scattered around the house during setsubun
bean weevil (any leaf beetle of subfamily Bruchinae)
butterfly pea (Clitoria ternatea); Asian pigeonwings
winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus)
lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus); butter bean
Smilax biflora var. trinervula (variety of a species of greenbrier)
Rhynchosia volubilis (species of snoutbean)
callery pear (Pyrus calleryana); bradford pear
black-eyed pea; black-eyed bean
blister (on the sole of the foot); corn
legume; podded plant
beans of the bean-scattering ceremony
Japanese beetle; Popillia japonica
kanji "bean" radical at left
soybean oil
arare biscuit made from soybeans
roasted soybeans scattered to drive away evil spirits
borlotti bean; cranberry bean
cannellini bean; white kidney bean; navy bean
all girls eventually awaken to sex; (lit.) even the seed growing in the shade will burst open
shelled edamame
dried, fried broad beans
sugar-coated soybeans
pisolite
bean daifuku; mame daifuku
Examples (8 in total)
I love beans.
Where are the coffee beans?
I'll boil the beans for you.