No. 2,549 in Japanese
大豆
Soybean.
In a sentence
大豆は健康に良い食品です。
Soybeans are a healthy food.
The word '大豆' is used to refer to soybeans as a general food ingredient.
日本の代表的な調味料である醤油も大豆から作られています。
Soy sauce, a typical Japanese seasoning, is also made from soybeans.
The word '大豆' is used here to describe the raw material or source ingredient for soy sauce.
この地域では、毎年大豆の収穫量が増加しています。
In this region, the soybean harvest increases every year.
The word '大豆' is used to refer to the crop commonly cultivated and harvested.
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