SuGoiSuす語彙す藷
藷: potato
potato; sweet potato
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Same いも as 薯. 甘藷 is the sweet potato (かんしょ, also さつまいも); 焼藷 is the roast-potato snack.
Key words
甘藷かんしょsweet potato
焼藷やきいもroasted sweet potato
藷掘りいもほりdigging up sweet potatoes
藷焼酎いもじょうちゅうsweet potato shochu
馬鈴藷ばれいしょpotato
Example sentences
冬の夕方、焼藷の屋台の前で思わず足を止めた。
On a winter evening, I stopped in front of a roast sweet potato stand without thinking.
秋の遠足で、園児たちは藷掘りを楽しんだ。
On the autumn outing, the kindergarteners enjoyed digging up sweet potatoes.
江戸時代、飢饉に備えて甘藷の栽培が広まった。
In the Edo period, sweet potato cultivation spread as a precaution against famine.