黒豆

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 黒豆, read くろまめ, means black soybeans.
• Basic usage: Use it when soaking and simmering the beans or drying and storing a harvest.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading the word
  • The readings くろ for 黒 and まめ for 豆 combine here. Distinguish this from words whose first character is read こく.
• Order of actions
  • The example's 浸してから煮た means simmering after soaking. てから indicates that the first action comes before the second.