English–Japanese
“potato” in Japanese
How to say “potato” in Japanese
“Potato” in Japanese is じゃがいも (jagaimo).
It names a familiar food that grows as a starchy tuber beneath the ground.
Example sentences with じゃがいも
給食でじゃがいもを食べます。kyū shoku de ja ga i mo o ta be ma su
I eat potatoes at school lunch.
子どもがじゃがいもを洗います。ko do mo ga ja ga i mo o ara i ma su
The child washes the potatoes.
Tips for using じゃがいも
- Potato appears in the English expression hot potato, which describes a difficult issue that people quickly pass from one person to another.
Other Japanese words for “potato”
この芋はおいしいです。ko no imo wa o i shi i de su
This potato is tasty.
ポテトサラダを作ります。po te to sa ra da o tsuku ri ma su
I make potato salad.