豆まき

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 豆まき is read as まめまき and is a noun for the activity of throwing or scattering beans.
• Basic usage: Enjoying bean throwing at an entrance appears in 玄関で豆まきを楽しむ, while picking up beans afterward appears in 豆まきの後に豆を拾う.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Place of activity and later time
  • Mark the activity place with で and the later time with の後.
• Difference from 豆をまく
  • 豆まき names the whole activity rather than stating the action of scattering beans.