| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 豆 | まめ | legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.), beans, peas; soya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max); female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; miniature, tiny; child |
| 大豆 | だいず | soya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max) |
| 豆腐 | とうふ | tofu, bean-curd |
| 納豆 | なっとう | natto (fermented soybeans) |
| 小豆 | あずき | adzuki beans |
| 豆まき | まめまき | sowing beans (or pulses, etc.); scattering parched beans (to drive out evil spirits) |
| 枝豆 | えだまめ | edamame (green soybeans) |
| 豆類 | まめるい | pulse (edible seeds of various leguminous crops), plant yielding pulse |
| 豆乳 | とうにゅう | soy milk |
| コーヒー豆 | コーヒーまめ | coffee bean |