枝豆

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

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

    Noun

    (えだ)(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. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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