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1 exact word match found in search '芋'
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Most common form: いも
noun
1. tuber; taro; potato
2. yokel; bumpkin  (derogatory)
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25 words found beginning with '芋'
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve  (slang)
2. to camp (in an online multiplayer game)  (slang)
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expression, 'ku' godan verb
to be seized with fear; to be afraid  (yakuza language)
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uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick  (colloquialism)
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noun
1. washing potatoes (in a bucket)
2. being very crowded; being packed with people  (idiomatic expression)
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noun
1. taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers  (food term)
2. parent-child incest  (colloquialism)
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noun
sweet potato shochu (distilled liquor)
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noun
stamp made with a potato
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noun
tubercle
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noun
1. digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
2. sweet potato digger
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noun
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar  (see also: 雀蛾)
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83 words found containing '芋' in any position
2
Most common form: いも
noun
1. tuber; taro; potato
2. yokel; bumpkin  (derogatory)
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0
Most common form: じゃがいも
noun
potato (Solanum tuberosum)  (see also: ジャガタラ芋; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: さつまいも
noun
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 焼芋
noun
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
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noun
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)  (see also: 山の芋)
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Most common form: ムラサキイモ
noun
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)  (often called yams in America, but this is technically incorrect)
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Most common form: オキナワヤマイモ
noun
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam  (see also: 大薯; obscure term)
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3
noun
sweet potato shochu (distilled liquor)
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2
Most common form: 乾し薯
noun
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
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0
noun
stamp made with a potato
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