蝗豆

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蝗	豆
いなご Hyōgaiji	まめ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 蝗 (inago, “locust”) +‎ 豆 (mame, “bean”), calque of English locust bean.

Noun

蝗(いなご)豆(まめ) • (inagomame) 

1. carob

References

• イナゴマメ on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja