さつま芋 (さつまいも) Japanese meaning | Kotomoraで
さつま
芋
を
買
う
。
In autumn, I buy sweet potatoes at the roasted sweet potato stand.
Sweet potatoes are rich in dietary fiber.
Usage patterns
〈さつま芋〉を焼くto roast sweet potatoes
We roasted sweet potatoes on stones and ate them.
〈さつま芋〉を蒸すto steam sweet potatoes
When you steam sweet potatoes, they become fluffy.
〈さつま芋〉を掘るto dig up sweet potatoes (harvest)
In autumn, we dug up sweet potatoes in the field.
Counted with
Used for sweet potatoes as long, slender objects.
Commonly used for counting whole sweet potatoes (さつま芋), e.g. as individual pieces or items.
さつまいも
甘薯Usage8%Usage for this spelling across all readings, not one reading alone.
薩摩芋
Full kanji spelling; 薩摩 refers to the Satsuma region.
サツマイモ
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling is very common, especially in botanical or culinary contexts.
