まめ

beans, peas

Also:soya bean (Glycine max), female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney

What does mean?

is a Japanese noun meaning beans, peas in English. It can also be translated as soya bean (Glycine max), female genitalia (esp. the clitoris), kidney depending on context. It is written as in kanji, まめ in hiragana, and mame in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N3 vocabulary.

Example sentence

飲む分だけをローストして、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.