えんどうまめ

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Meanings

1

noun

pea; green pea; garden pea

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the pea plant or its edible seeds, especially the common garden pea (Pisum sativum).

えんどう豆まめをさやから出だして、スープに入いれた。
I shelled the peas and put them in the soup.
春はる

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なる

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畑はたけ

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えんどう

豆まめ

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花はな

が

咲さ

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In spring, pea flowers bloom in the field.

Written forms

えんどう豆まめ
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling.
エンドウ豆まめ
Katakana spelling for the plant part, also common.
エンドウマメ
kana-only spelling
Full-width katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in botanical contexts.
豌えん豆どう豆まめ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 豌 is not a jōyō kanji.

Kanji

豆beans, pea, midget
豌pea

Similar words

グリーンピース
グリーンピース specifically refers to processed or canned green peas, while えんどう豆 is the broader term for the fresh pea or the plant itself.
さやえんどう
さやえんどう (snow pea) is a variety where the pod is eaten whole; えんどう豆 usually refers to the shelled peas.

Etymology

Compound of えんどう (endō, 'pea') + 豆 (mame, 'bean'). えんどう is a borrowing from Chinese 豌豆 (wāndòu), with the first character 豌 (en) and 豆 (dòu) meaning 'bean'. The Japanese form reduplicates the 'bean' element.