いも

いも

"いも" means "potato" or refers to root vegetables like yams or sweet potatoes.

Here, 'いも' refers to the vegetable, illustrating its use as a noun referring to potatoes or similar tubers.

いもがたくさん育ちました。

Many potatoes grew.

In this sentence, 'いも' is used within a compound word '焼きいも' to refer specifically to a dish made from potatoes.

冬には焼きいもが人気です。

In winter, roasted sweet potatoes are popular.

'いも' is modified by 'さつま', specifying the type of potato, hence demonstrating 'いも' as a base noun for different potato species.

この畑では、さつまいもが栽培されています。

In this field, sweet potatoes are cultivated.