トコロ
also: やろう
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Meanings
1
Dioscorea tokoro; wild yam species
usually written using kana alone
Only with reading ところ / トコロ
A specific species of wild yam native to East Asia. The word is usually written in kana (トコロ or ところ) in modern Japanese.
Dioscorea tokoro is a climbing plant that grows wild in fields and mountains.
2
old country man; rural old-timer
Only with reading やろう
A somewhat dated or rustic term for an elderly man living in the countryside. Restricted to the reading やろう.
The old man in the village told us old stories.