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薩摩芋さつまいも (satsumaimo)

sweet potato

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薩摩芋 (さつまいも, satsumaimo) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “sweet potato”.

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オーブンでさつま芋いもを焼やいた

We baked sweet potatoes in the oven.

この薩摩芋さつまいもは生焼なまやけでがりがりする。

This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.

一般的には、青木昆陽の薩摩芋試作の後、関東地方に薩摩芋栽培が広まったとされている。

It is generally assumed that, after the making of the sweet potato for trial purposes by Konyo AOKI, the sweet potato cultivation spread to Kanto region.

昆陽はこれ以後、薩摩芋栽培普及の職務からは離れ、古文書収集・蘭語研究に携わっていること。

Afterward, Konyo left the duty of the sweet potato cultivation spread, and was involved in the old document collection and research on Dutch language.

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