じゃがいも

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

usually written using kana alone

Refers to the common potato (Solanum tuberosum). Usually written in kana.

じゃがいもの皮かわをむくto peel a potato
じゃがいもの皮かわをむいてから茹ゆでます。
I peel the potatoes before boiling them.
じゃがいもを茹ゆでるto boil potatoes
じゃがいもを鍋なべで茹ゆでた。
I boiled the potatoes in a pot.
じゃがいもが芽めを出だすfor a potato to sprout
保ほ存ぞんしていたじゃがいもが芽めを出だした。
The potatoes I had stored sprouted.
じゃがいもを植うえるto plant potatoes
春はるにじゃがいもを植うえる。
We plant potatoes in spring.

馬ば鈴れい薯しょ
馬鈴薯 is the formal, scientific/agricultural term for the potato, while じゃがいも is the everyday word used in cooking and daily speech.
芋いもN1
芋 is a broad term covering tubers and root vegetables like taro and sweet potato, while じゃがいも refers specifically to the common potato.
ポテト
じゃがいも is the everyday word for the raw potato vegetable, while ポテト is often used in compound dish names or casual speech.

さつま芋いもN1
サツマイモ (sweet potato) and じゃがいも (potato) have similar-sounding names but come from different plant species with different taste and texture.

個こN5
counter for small objects; counter for pieces · counter for military units · individual; one person · counter for years of age difference; counter for school years

じゃがいもUsage44%
Standard hiragana spelling; usually written in kana.
ジャガイモUsage49%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, common in botanical or culinary contexts.
じゃが芋いもUsage6%
Kanji spelling using 芋; recognized but the word is usually written in kana.
ジャガ芋いもUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard spelling.

A contraction of ジャガタラ芋 “Jakarta potato,” named for the port through which potatoes were introduced to Japan from the Dutch East Indies.