Search Terms: *芋
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noun
1.
tuber, taro, potato, yam
2.
yokel, bumpkin(derogatory)
3.
dud, worthless thing
Other readings:
薯【いも】
、藷【いも】
、イモ
noun
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sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)(usually kana)
Other readings:
さつまいも《薩摩芋》
、さつまいも《甘薯》
、さつまいも《甘藷》
、かんしょ《甘薯》
、かんしょ《甘藷》
、サツマイモ
noun
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roasted sweet potato, baked sweet potato
Other readings:
焼芋【やきいも】
、焼きいも【やきいも】
、焼藷【やきいも】
noun
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type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes(usually kana)
Other readings:
アカメイモ
noun
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potato bean (Apios americana), hog peanut, hopniss, Indian potato, groundnut, ground pea(usually kana)
Other readings:
アメリカホドイモ
noun
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オキナワヤマイモ
noun
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calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
オランダかいう《オランダ海芋》
、オランダカイウ
noun
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rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ががいも《蘿藷》
、ががいも《がが芋》
、ががいも《がが藷》
、ががいも《蘿藦》[1]
、ガガイモ
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
noun
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variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
noun
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Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus), topinambur, girasol, girasole(usually kana)
Other readings:
キクイモ
noun
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sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)
noun
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jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus), yam bean, Mexican turnip(usually kana)
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クズイモ
noun
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night-scented lily (Alocasia odora), giant upright elephant ear(usually kana)
Other readings:
くわずいも《不喰芋》
、クワズイモ
noun
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secondary taro corm, daughter taro corm, taro cormel, taro bud
See also:芋の子
Other readings:
小芋【こいも】
noun
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dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)(food term)
Other readings:
粉吹芋【こふきいも】
、粉吹きいも【こふきいも】
noun
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taro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo(usually kana)
Other readings:
サトイモ