芋

芋 — potato

  • JLPT N1
  • 6 strokes
  • Secondary (Jōyō)
  • Radical 艸
  • #2418 most frequent

Food Drink

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
ウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
いも

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

山芋のこと。

It refers to yamaimo yam.

丸寿西村商店-行列のできる焼き芋屋。

Maruju Nishimura-shoten, a popular baked sweet potato vendor often hosts a line of people waiting.

石いし焼やき釜かまを使つかわず焼やいたものは、単たんに焼やき芋いもと呼よばれる。

Cooking sweet potato without an ishiyaki kettle is simply called yaki imo (baked sweet potato).