紅べに芋いも

noun

purple yam; water yam

Refers to Dioscorea alata, a true yam with purple flesh. Also called ダイジョ. Not a sweet potato.

See also: ダイジョ

• 沖おき縄なわでは紅べに芋いもを使つかったお菓か子しが人にん気きです。

  In Okinawa, sweets made with purple yam are popular.

noun

purple-fleshed sweet potato

Any of several varieties of sweet potato (サツマイモ) with purple flesh. Often contrasted with 紫芋, which may refer to a specific variety.

See also: 紫芋

• この紅べに芋いもは焼やくと甘あまみが増まします。

  This purple sweet potato becomes sweeter when roasted.

noun

Conus pauperculus (cone shell)

A species of cone shell. Usually written in kana as ベニイモ. Related to イモガイ (cone shell).

See also: イモガイ

• ベニイモはイモガイの仲なか間まで、沖おき縄なわの海うみで見みられることがあります。

  The Conus pauperculus is a type of cone shell and can be found in the seas around Okinawa.