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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jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)(usually kana)
Other readings:
イモカタバミ
noun
1.
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
2.
gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
Other readings:
薯蕷粥【いもがゆ】
noun
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Other readings:
芋幹【いもがら】
、芋茎【いもがら】
、芋茎【いもじ】[1]
、芋茎【いもし】[1]
Notes:
- out-dated or obsolete kana usage
noun
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sweetened sweet potato fries, fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar
Other readings:
芋ケンピ【いもケンピ】
noun
•
sweet potato shōchū
Other readings:
藷焼酎【いもじょうちゅう】
、薯焼酎【いもじょうちゅう】
adverb
•
one after another, in succession
Other readings:
芋づる式【いもづるしき】
、いもづる式【いもづるしき】
noun
•
daisy chain connection(obscure, computer term)
Other readings:
芋蔓接続【いもづるせつぞく】
、芋づる接続【いもづるせつぞく】
noun
1.
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers(food term)
2.
parent-child incest(colloquialism)
noun
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outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku), stewed potato party
expression
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being ignorant of the ways of the world, knowing nothing, not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not(idiom )
Other readings:
芋の煮えたも御存じない【いものにえたもごぞんじない】
noun
1.
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
2.
sweet potato digger
Other readings:
藷掘り【いもほり】[1]
、芋堀り【いもほり】[2]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
•
uneducated monk, ignorant monk, potato-digging monk(archaism, derogatory)
noun
•
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth), (hairless) caterpillar
See also:雀蛾
Other readings:
いも虫【いもむし】
、イモムシ
Godan-ru verb, intransitive verb
1.
to be seized with fear, to be intimidated, to lose one's nerve(slang)
2.
to camp (in an online multiplayer game)(slang)
Other readings:
イモる