| Kanji | Hiragana | Katakana |
|---|---|---|
| 甘藷 | さつまいも | サツマイモ |
Pronunciation: satsumaimo
How to Say It Outloud: sah-tsu-mah-ee-moh
Usage: Refers to sweet potato, typically used in cooking or food-related contexts.
Example Sentence Japanese:
私は焼き芋が大好きです。
私は焼き芋が大好きです。Example Sentence English:I love baked sweet potatoes.
I love baked sweet potatoes.Dictionary
さつま芋さつまいもCommon word
Noun- sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- Sweet potato
琉球芋りゅうきゅういも
Noun- sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- potato (Solanum tuberosum)
金時芋きんときいも
Noun- sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)
蕃薯ばんしょ
Noun- sweet potato
唐芋とういも
Noun- sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
ポテトポテトCommon word
Noun- potato
- French fries; chips; fried potato
- sweet potato
焼き芋やきいもCommon word
Noun- roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
安納芋あんのういも
Noun- orange fleshed yam
- sweet potato
薩摩さつま
Noun- Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)
- sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
- Satsuma
焼芋屋やきいもや
Noun- sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
芋けんぴいもけんぴ
Noun- sweetened sweet potato fries; fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar
スイートポテトスイートポテト
Noun- small cake made from sweet potatoes
- sweet potato
芋焼酎いもじょうちゅう
Noun- sweet potato shōchū
黄金千貫こがねせんがん
Noun- sweet potato variety (often used in shōchū brewing)
擬蟻象虫ありもどきぞうむし
Noun- sweet potato weevil (Cylas formicarius)
大学芋だいがくいも
Noun- candied sweet potato
紫芋むらさきいも
Noun- purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
金時きんとき
NounNoun, used as a prefix
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- red
- red kidney bean
- sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)
- bowl of shaved ice with boiled adzuki beans
鳴門金時なるときんとき
Noun- Naruto kintoki; sweet potato grown in sandy soil
焼酎しょうちゅうCommon word
Noun- shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
- Shōchū
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