jmdict 2647460 Active (id#2307036)
芋の子
【 いものこ 】
  1. [n]
    《includes both 子芋 and 孫芋》
    • minor taro root
    • taro cormlet
    • taro cormel
    Cross references:
    • ⇔ see: 2647470 子芋 1. secondary taro corm; daughter taro corm; taro cormel; taro bud
    • ⇒ see: 2647480 孫芋 1. tertiary taro corm; taro cormlet
  2. [n] [col]
    《as 芋の子を洗うよう, etc.》
    • (pool, etc.) being jam-packed with people
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 2861955 芋の子を洗うよう 1. with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed
History:
    • A 2024-07-21 22:11:32 Jim Breen (id#2307036)
    • Comments
      OK
    • A* 2024-07-21 17:41:17 Marcus Richert (id#2307029)
    • Comments
      I don't think it has to do with dirt.
    • Diff
      @@ -23 +23,2 @@
-<gloss>dirt washed from taro roots (metaphor for crowded and polluted pools)</gloss>
+<s_inf>as 芋の子を洗うよう, etc.</s_inf>
+<gloss>(pool, etc.) being jam-packed with people</gloss>
    • A* 2024-07-20 03:19:49 Jim Breen (id#2306985)
    • A 2024-07-20 03:19:34 Jim Breen (id#2306984)
    • Comments
      OK, I've proposed 芋の子を洗うよう as an entry. I'll approve this pro tem and reopen.
    • Diff
      @@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2861955">芋の子を洗うよう</xref>
    • A* 2024-07-17 10:00:48 Jim Breen (id#2306856)
    • Comments
      Maybe this? An entry for 芋の子を洗うよう(な) would be OK, and this sense could xref to it.
    • Diff
      @@ -17,0 +18,5 @@
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<misc>&col;</misc>
+<gloss>dirt washed from taro roots (metaphor for crowded and polluted pools)</gloss>
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