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jmdict 2856014 Active (id: 2204795)
芋洗いイモ洗い
いもあらい
1. [n]
▶ washing potatoes (in a bucket)
2. [n] [id]
▶ being very crowded
▶ being packed with people



History:
4. A 2022-08-18 21:32:04  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2022-08-18 20:16:31  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
www images
いも洗い	956
イモ洗い	8926
  Comments:
I think "in a bucket" is needed on sense 1 in order to appreciate the imagery in sense 2.
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>イモ洗い</keb>
@@ -12,2 +15 @@
-<gloss>washing potatoes</gloss>
-<gloss>washing yams</gloss>
+<gloss>washing potatoes (in a bucket)</gloss>
@@ -18,2 +20,2 @@
-<gloss>(being) very crowded</gloss>
-<gloss>(being) packed to the brim</gloss>
+<gloss>being very crowded</gloss>
+<gloss>being packed with people</gloss>
2. A 2022-08-18 04:14:36  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
芋洗い	18113
Daijs
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,2 @@
-<gloss>To wash potatoes. Pouring water into a buckket with potatoes and stirring it with a stick to remove mud from the potatoes.</gloss>
+<gloss>washing potatoes</gloss>
+<gloss>washing yams</gloss>
@@ -16,2 +17,3 @@
-<gloss>Being completely packed to the brim</gloss>
-<gloss>very crowded.</gloss>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
+<gloss>(being) very crowded</gloss>
+<gloss>(being) packed to the brim</gloss>
1. A* 2022-08-17 12:25:49  Hamza <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://kotobank.jp/word/芋洗い-436055
  Comments:
I read it in a book and thought it should be added to the dictionary

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