福豆

parched beans scattered on Setsubun

阿逸多

あいった

Ajita (one of the sixteen arhats)

お多福

おたふく

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks), plain woman

お多福面

おたふくめん

humorous mask of a homely woman's face (characterized by a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks)

阿

first Sanskrit alphabet letter

豆

まめ

soya bean (soybean), soy (Glycine max)

福

ふく

good fortune

枝豆豆腐

えだまめとうふ

tofu-like dish made with edamame

福福しい

ふくぶくしい

(plump and) happy-looking

阿比

あび アビ おもねひ

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿母

あぼ あも

mother

阿鼻

あび

avici (lowest level of hell)

阿檀

あだん アダン

screw pine (Pandanus fascicularis), pandanus palm, pandanus fruit

阿諛

あゆ

flattery

阿波

Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)

阿叔

おとおじ

uncle (one's father's younger brother)

阿父

あふ

father

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿代

あしろ アシロ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)