枝豆

Japanese
枝豆 (edamame)
Kanji in this term
枝 豆
えだ
Grade: 5		 まめ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) えだまめ [èdámámé] (Heiban – [0])[1]
    • IPA(key): [e̞da̠ma̠me̞]

    Noun

    枝(えだ)豆(まめ) • (edamame) 

    1. green soybeans; edamame. It literally means "stem beans" (枝 eda = "branch" or "stem" + 豆 mame = "bean")

    Descendants
    • → English: edamame
    • → German: Edamame
    • → Indonesian: edamame

    References
    1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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