No. 1,639 in Japanese
焼きいも
Roasted sweet potato.
In a sentence
秋の夜には、焼きいもを食べるのが楽しみです。
On autumn nights, enjoying roasted sweet potatoes is a delight.
In this sentence, 『焼きいも』 is used as a noun to refer to the food item, roasted sweet potatoes.
お祭りで焼きいもが配られました。
At the festival, roasted sweet potatoes were distributed.
Here, 『焼きいも』 functions as the subject of the sentence, referring to the food given out.
母が作った焼きいもは美味しかったです。
The roasted sweet potatoes my mother made were delicious.
In this context, 『焼きいも』 specifies the type of dish prepared by the mother.
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