唐とう芋いも

noun

sweet potato

Refers to the sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Both readings are used, but からいも is more common in western Japan and everyday speech, while とういも is a more formal or literary reading. Cross-referenced with 薩摩芋 (さつまいも), the most common term.

See also: さつま芋

• 祖そ母ぼは畑はたけでからいもを育そだてている。

  My grandmother grows sweet potatoes in the field.

• この地ち方ほうでは、とういもを使つかった料りょう理りが名めい物ぶつだ。

  In this region, dishes made with sweet potatoes are a specialty.