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potato

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いも

Dictionary

Common Words

芋いもイモ薯藷NounFreq #10751
1

tuber; taro; potato; yam

Examples
いもを食べるとおならがでる。
Potatoes give me wind.
2

Derogatory

yokel; bumpkin

3

dud; worthless thing

焼き芋焼芋焼きいも焼藷やきいもNounFreq #44128
1

roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

馬鈴薯ばれいしょバレイショ馬鈴藷NounFreq #57464
1

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

さつまいもさつま芋薩摩芋甘薯甘藷かんしょ (甘薯／甘藷)サツマイモNounUsually kanaFreq #61786
1

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Examples
この薩摩芋は生焼けでがりがりする。
This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.
芋焼酎藷焼酎薯焼酎いもじょうちゅうNounFreq #74264
1

sweet potato shōchū

芋掘り芋ほりいも掘りいもほりNounFreq #88974
1

digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

2

Derogatory

country bumpkin; yokel

やまのいも (山の芋／薯蕷)山の芋薯蕷藷蕷しょよ (薯蕷／藷蕷)じょよ (薯蕷／藷蕷)じょうよ (薯蕷／藷蕷)ヤマノイモNounUsually kanaFreq #123571
1

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

とろろ芋薯蕷芋薯蕷藷とろろいもNounFreq #167470
1

yam

ががいも蘿芋蘿藷がが芋がが藷ガガイモ蘿藦NounUsually kanaFreq #187591
1

rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)

蕃薯蕃藷ばんしょNounFreq #217360
1

Rare term

sweet potato

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