ホットポテトじ字FuriganaMeanings1nounhot potatoLoanword from English; used literally for a baked or heated potato, and figuratively for a controversial or difficult issue, mirroring the English idiom.寒さむい日ひにはホットポテトが食たべたくなる。On a cold day, I crave a hot potato.その法ほう案あんは政せい治じ的てきなホットポテトになった。The bill became a political hot potato.
