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芋 means 'potato'
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From Hokkaido to Okinawa, the Japanese grow many types of white potatoes and sweet potatoes and have scads of ways of eating them. Find out when 芋 represents which of its many definitions, why a "new potato" label is crucial, what "sweet potato color" means, and what a potato stamp is. Also see why sweet potatoes prompt passion, nostalgia, embarrassed laughter, and excuses.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 芋 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 芋 is used 59 times, read 2 ways.
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