JLPT N3 · Noun

豆 (mame)

豆 (まめ, mame) is a Japanese noun meaning “legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まめ
Romaji: mame
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea · noun
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy · noun
female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) · noun · colloquial
kidney · noun · colloquial, usually written in kana
small; miniature; baby; midget; small-scale · prefix

Example sentences

飲む分だけ豆をローストして、ミルで挽くんです。

We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.

Tatoeba #76342

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 豆

豆

beans, pea, midgetトウ・ズ・まめ・まめ- · 7 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1450030 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.