tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
one after another; in succession
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
(bar of) sweet-potato paste
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes; gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
uncool; bad-looking; unattractive; unsophisticated; provincial; hick
sweet potato shop; sweet potato seller
sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles
taro (Colocasia esculenta); cocoyam; dasheen
purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)
sweetened sweet potato fries; fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar
rustic samurai; boorish samurai
secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
orange fleshed yam; sweet potato
to be jostling against each other
red-colored jersey (esp. school PE uniform)
minor taro root; taro cormlet; taro cormel
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to camp (in an online multiplayer game)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
var. of taro with long purple stalks
mother tuber of a taro; taro corm; parent taro
purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such); Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell)
dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)
Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita); Japanese yam (variety of Dioscorea japonica)
sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)
being ignorant of the ways of the world; knowing nothing; (lit.) not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas); potato (Solanum tuberosum)
shrimp-shaped taro variety
taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers; parent-child incest
variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus); topinambur; girasol; girasole
hick; country bumpkin; yokel
having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; (lit.) taro stems over family status
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
Araceae (arum family of plants)
tertiary taro corm; taro cormlet
type of taro originally from Sulawesi
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
giant elephant ear (species of taro, Colocasia gigantea)
rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)
cone shell (Conus geographus)
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora); giant upright elephant ear
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)
taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
shrimp-shaped taro variety
potato bean (Apios americana); hog peanut; hopniss; Indian potato; groundnut; ground pea
jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus); yam bean; Mexican turnip
lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)
uneducated monk; ignorant monk; (lit.) potato-digging monk