Meanings

sweetened sweet potato fries

potato bean (Apios americana)

dried slices of steamed sweet potato

lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)

night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)

hick

to be seized with fear

having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing

dried taro stem

taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers

being ignorant of the ways of the world

uncool

red-colored jersey (esp. school PE uniform)

Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

washing potatoes (in a bucket)

variety of acrid-tasting taro

with people jostling against one another

steamed potato (esp. sweet potato)