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さやえんどう Japanese meaning | Kotomora

さやえんどう

さ

や

え

ん

ど

う

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Meanings

1

noun

snow pea; mangetout

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the flat, edible-podded pea commonly used in East Asian cooking.

さやえんどうをさっと茹ゆでて、サラダに加くわえた。
I quickly blanched the snow peas and added them to the salad.
この炒いため

物もの

に

はさ

や

えんどう

が

よく

合あ

う

。

Snow peas go really well with this stir-fry.

Written forms

サヤエンドウ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is also common, especially in culinary contexts.
莢さや豌えん豆どう
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the kana spelling is strongly preferred.

Kanji

莢pod, hull, husk
豌pea
豆beans, pea, midget

Similar words

スナップエンドウ
Snap peas are plumper and sweeter, with thicker edible pods, while さやえんどう are flatter and more delicate.
グリーンピース
Green peas are shelled and the pods are not eaten, unlike さやえんどう where the whole pod is consumed.

Etymology

Compound of さや (pod) and えんどう (pea). The kanji 莢 means 'pod' and 豌豆 is the Chinese-derived name for peas, but the word is now almost always written in kana.