枝豆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
枝 豆
えだ
Grade: 5 		まめ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “stem beans”, 枝(えだ) (eda, “branch, stem”) + 豆(まめ) (mame, “bean”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

枝(えだ)豆(まめ) • (edamame) 

  1. edamame, green soybeans

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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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