Lingaku芋【いも】
Frequency rank: 4,147. – 4,150.
- tuber; taro; potato; yam
- yokel; bumpkinderogatory
- dud; worthless thing
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 芋【いも】【イモ】Frequency rank: 4,147. – 4,150.
- 薯【いも】【イモ】
- 藷【いも】【イモ】
- いもFrequency rank: 26,828. – 26,999.
- イモFrequency rank: 18,876. – 18,962.
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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It's very easy to drink potato shochu now that the potato-like smell has been reduced to a low level through use of the latest biotechnology.
3. わたくし私と、どうりょう同僚とが、やま山のがけっぷち崖っぷちにたっている立っているこや小屋にひとしい等しいにけん二間の家ーーーにけん二間といって云っても、のぼりぐち上り口と、そのつぎ次と、ろくじょう六畳ににじょう二畳のいえ家にすんでいた住んでいた。たべる食べるものは、いも芋、ほしうお干魚、とうふ豆腐、さむい寒いやま山のうえ上なので、ふゆ冬になるといも芋がこおっている凍っている。
Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.