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薯: potato

potato; yam
16 strokesNames & literary · More literary kanji (準1級 range)in 3 words here

Readings

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Pairs with 藷 as いも. 馬鈴薯 (ばれいしょ) is the formal word for potato; 自然薯 is the wild mountain yam.

Key words

馬鈴薯ばれいしょpotato
自然薯じねんじょwild yam
甘薯かんしょsweet potato
薯いもpotato; yam
薯蕷やまのいもJapanese yam

Example sentences

The farmer dug up the potatoes in autumn and stored them in the warehouse.

I grated the wild yam I had gathered in the mountains and poured it over rice.

The sweet potato is a hardy crop that grows even in poor soil.

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