芋

いも

Also written イモ, 薯, 藷

Meanings

1. Noun tuber; taro; potato; yam
2. yokel; bumpkin
3. dud; worthless thing

Kanji

• 芋 potato. Read as いも.

Example sentences

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

Common phrases

• 芋を食べる
• 芋を洗う

Words containing 芋

• 干し芋 (ほしいも) dried slices of steamed sweet potato
• 焼き芋 (やきいも) roasted sweet potato
• 芋焼酎 (いもじょうちゅう) sweet potato shōchū

And 54 more.

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