芋

potato, tuber

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noun Rare #39,308
potato, tuber A general word for edible tubers, including potatoes and sweet potatoes; the specific type depends on context.
JA: 夕飯に芋を食べた。
EN: I ate potatoes with dinner.

パスタと芋よ

Pasta and potatoes.

— 自転車泥棒 (1948)

“灰の中の芋”

a potato in the ashes

— ベルリン・天使の詩 (1987)

芋を食うほど落ちぶれたか

Have you really sunk so low that you're eating potatoes?

— 続・夕陽のガンマン (1966)

芋か

Is it a potato?

— 続・夕陽のガンマン (1966)

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