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芋
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tuber; taro; potato; yam
Examples
いもを食べるとおならがでる。
Potatoes give me wind.
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Derogatory
yokel; bumpkin
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dud; worthless thing
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hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
Examples
この芋虫がきれいな蝶になるのだ。
This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.
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digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
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Derogatory
country bumpkin; yokel
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Food, cooking
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
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Historical term
gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
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outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); stewed potato party
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Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
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Often called yams in America, but this is technically incorrect
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
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Slang
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve
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Slang
to camp (in an online multiplayer game)
