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tuber, taro, potato, yam; yokel, bumpkin; dud, worthless thing
- 芋虫いもむし
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth), (hairless) caterpillar
- 芋掘りいもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
- 芋茎ずいき
taro stem
- 芋がらいもがら
dried taro stem
- 芋づるいもづる
sweet-potato vines
- いもづる接続いもづるせつぞく
daisy chain connection
- 芋羊羹いもようかん
(bar of) sweet-potato paste
- 芋頭いもがしら
tubercle
- 芋づる式いもづるしき
(appearing, occurring) one after another
- 芋堀りいもほり
potato field (furrows)
- 芋侍いもざむらい
rustic samurai, boorish samurai
- 芋助いもすけ
hick, country bumpkin, yokel
- 芋けんぴいもけんぴ
sweetened sweet potato fries, fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar
- 芋版いもばん
stamp made with a potato
- 芋貝いもがい
cone shell (Conus geographus)
- 芋焼酎いもじょうちゅう
sweet potato shōchū
- 芋片喰いもかたばみ
jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)
- 芋を洗うようないもをあらうような
to be jostling against each other
- 芋の子いものこ
minor taro root, taro cormlet, taro cormel
- 芋掘り坊主いもほりぼうず
uneducated monk, ignorant monk, potato-digging monk
- 芋ジャージいもジャージ
red-colored jersey (esp. school PE uniform)
- 芋っぽいいもっぽい
uncool, bad-looking, unattractive, unsophisticated, provincial, hick
- 芋の煮えたもご存じないいものにえたもごぞんじない
being ignorant of the ways of the world, knowing nothing, not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not
- 芋田楽いもでんがく
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
- 芋洗いいもあらい
washing potatoes (in a bucket); being very crowded, being packed with people
- 芋煮会いもにかい
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku), stewed potato party
- 芋粥いもがゆ
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes; gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
- 芋るいもる
to be seized with fear, to be intimidated, to lose one's nerve; to camp (in an online multiplayer game)