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jmdict 2844873 Active (id: 2070463)
芋の煮えたもご存じない芋の煮えたも御存じない
いものにえたもごぞんじない
1. [exp] [id]
▶ being ignorant of the ways of the world
▶ knowing nothing
▶ [lit] not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not



History:
2. A 2020-05-27 07:25:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I suggest "yam".
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18 @@
-<gloss g_type="lit">not being able to tell if a tuber is boiled or not</gloss>
+<gloss g_type="lit">not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not</gloss>
1. A* 2020-05-25 06:11:05  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
https://imidas.jp/proverb/detail/X-02-C-02-7-0002.html


芋の煮えたも御存じ	276
芋の煮えたもご存じ	654

いもの煮えたも御存じ	No matches
いもの煮えたもご存じ	No matches
イモの煮えたも御存じ	No matches
イモの煮えたもご存じ	No matches
  Comments:
"potato" might be an anachronistic translation of いも here, I'm thinking?

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