No. 3,691 in Japanese
いも
"いも" means "potato" or refers to root vegetables like yams or sweet potatoes.
In a sentence
いもがたくさん育ちました。
Many potatoes grew.
Here, 'いも' refers to the vegetable, illustrating its use as a noun referring to potatoes or similar tubers.
冬には焼きいもが人気です。
In winter, roasted sweet potatoes are popular.
In this sentence, 'いも' is used within a compound word '焼きいも' to refer specifically to a dish made from potatoes.
この畑では、さつまいもが栽培されています。
In this field, sweet potatoes are cultivated.
'いも' is modified by 'さつま', specifying the type of potato, hence demonstrating 'いも' as a base noun for different potato species.
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