納豆

See also: 纳豆

Chinese
to accept; to pay (tax etc.) bean; sacrificial vessel
trad. (納豆) 納 豆
simp. (纳豆) 纳 豆

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 納豆 (nattō).

Pronunciation

Noun

納豆

  1. natto

Japanese
納豆 (nattō): a small bowl of natto, or fermented soybeans.
Kanji in this term
納 豆
なっ
Grade: 6		 とう
Grade: 3
kan’yōon kan’on

Etymology

Possibly by extension from 納所 (nassho, “temple office for receiving donations”), and originally meaning beans (豆) from or in the 納所.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

納(なっ)豆(とう) • (nattō) ←なふとう (nafutou)?

  1. natto (a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans)

Idioms
Idioms
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)も豆(まめ)なら豆(とう)腐(ふ)も豆(まめ) (nattō mo mame nara tōfu mo mame): "if nattō is also beans, then tōfu is also beans" → a metaphor for how the same starting point can produce different results

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (nattō eboshi): common alternate word for 折烏帽子 (ori eboshi), a type of 烏帽子 (eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black peaked hat”)
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)菌(きん) (nattō kin): Bacillus subtilis var. natto
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)汁(じる) (nattō jiru): a type of miso soup made with ground nattō, commonly served in winter
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)売(う)り (nattō uri): a nattō seller
  • 納(なっ)豆(とう)肥(ごえ) (nattōgoe): a type of fertilizer made from fermented and composted soybeans, commonly used to fertilize tea bushes

See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  4. 2011, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Seventh Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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