納豆

See also: 纳豆

Chinese

		to accept; to pay (taxes, etc.)	bean; sacrificial vessel
trad. (納豆)		納	豆
simp. (纳豆)		纳	豆

納豆

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納豆

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Nattō

Wikipedia

Possibly by extension from 納所 (nassho, “temple office for receiving donations”), and originally meaning beans (豆) from or in the 納所.^[1]^[2]

納(なっ)豆(とう) • (nattō) ^{←なふとう (nafutou)^?}

納(なっ)豆(とう)も豆(まめ)なら豆(とう)腐(ふ)も豆(まめ) (nattō mo mame nara tōfu mo mame): "if nattō is also beans, then tōfu is also beans" → a metaphor for how the same starting point can produce different results

納(なっ)豆(とう)烏(え)帽(ぼ)子(し) (nattō eboshi): common alternate word for 折烏帽子 (ori eboshi), a type of 烏帽子 (eboshi, “traditional Japanese formal black peaked hat”)
納(なっ)豆(とう)菌(きん) (nattō kin): Bacillus subtilis var. natto
納(なっ)豆(とう)汁(じる) (nattō jiru): a type of miso soup made with ground nattō, commonly served in winter
納(なっ)豆(とう)売(う)り (nattō uri): a nattō seller
納(なっ)豆(とう)肥(ごえ) (nattōgoe): a type of fertilizer made from fermented and composted soybeans, commonly used to fertilize tea bushes

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN