adsuki bean

7.2

A small reddish-brown bean used in Chinese and Japanese cooking, often in sweet dishes

noun
/ædˈzuːki biːn/

: frijol adzuki

Red bean paste is often made from adsuki beans in Japanese desserts.

Examples

You can find adsuki beans in many Asian grocery stores.
The adsuki bean is popular in Japanese desserts.
She added cooked adsuki beans to the salad for extra protein.
I bought some adsuki beans at the market.
Red bean paste is often made from adsuki beans in Japanese desserts.
She added cooked adsuki beans to the salad for extra protein.
You can find adsuki beans in many Asian grocery stores.

Synonyms

adzuki bean

vsadsuki bean

5.6

A small red-brown bean from East Asia often used in Japanese and Chinese sweets and flour

is the alternative spelling form used in some regions

Vigna angularis

vsadsuki bean

Specialized

8.9

A bushy plant grown for edible seeds called adzuki beans used in Chinese and Japanese cooking

is the everyday food description focusing on dishes rather than botanical name

Phaseolus angularis

vsadsuki bean

Specialized

8.5

A bushy plant grown in East Asia for its small red beans used for food

is about cooking in sweet or savory dishes rather than flour production

Surface Forms

adsuki bean singular

adsuki beans plural

azuki beans plural

azuki bean singular

Morphology

adsuki + bean

This is a straightforward noun–noun compound where the first element names a variety and 'bean' names the category; if a learner knows 'adsuki' as the specific variety and 'bean', they can derive 'adsuki bean' = a bean of that variety. The pattern mirrors common, cross-linguistic type–category compounds (e.g. 'kidney bean', 'soybean'), making the meaning compositional and immediately accessible.

Etymology

Adsuki bean comes from the Japanese word adsuki, from 'azuki', which means 'small red bean'. These small beans are often cooked into a sweet paste or used in soups, so that's why adsuki bean refers to the small reddish-brown bean used in Asian cooking.