焼き芋 Baked Sweet Potato

Meaning

Primary

Baked Sweet Potato

Alternative

Roasted Sweet Potato

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Baked potato is actually baked sweet potato (or roasted sweet potato). Although it's literally just potato, most Japanese speakers will automatically think of sweet potato when they hear this word. Yum! 🍠

Reading

やきいも

Explanation

The reading is the readings from 焼く and 芋 put together.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 焼き芋を〜

  焼き芋を作る

  to make a baked sweet potato

  焼き芋を食べる

  to eat a baked sweet potato

  焼き芋を買う

  to buy a baked sweet potato

  焼き芋を分ける

  to share a baked sweet potato

• 焼き芋〜

  焼き芋屋

  baked sweet potato vendor

  焼き芋用

  for making baked sweet potatoes

  焼き芋会

  baked-sweet-potato-making event

• 〜の焼き芋

  ほかほかの焼き芋

  nice and warm freshly baked sweet potato

  熱々の焼き芋

  piping hot freshly baked sweet potato

  冬の焼き芋

  baked sweet potatoes in winter

Context Sentences

私は焼き芋が好きです。

I like baked potatoes.

学祭で焼き芋を出すことになりました。

It's been decided that we are going to serve baked sweet potatoes at the school festival.

焼き芋が美味しい季節になりましたね。

It's the season when roasted sweet potatoes taste delicious, isn't it?

Kanji Composition

1. 焼

   や Bake
2. 芋

   いも Potato