馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)

ばれいしょ
noun
potato (formal term)
1. potato
A formal or technical term for the potato. Common in agricultural, scientific, and food-labeling contexts rather than everyday speech.
原材料(げんざいりょう)に馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)でんぷんが含(ふく)まれている。
The ingredients include potato starch.
北海道(ほっかいどう)は馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)の産地(さんち)として有名(ゆうめい)だ。
Hokkaido is famous as a potato-producing region.
農家(のうか)は今年(ことし)も良質(りょうしつ)な馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)を収穫(しゅうかく)することができた。
The farmers were able to harvest good-quality potatoes again this year.

Formal/technical synonym of じゃがいも. Most often seen on food labels (e.g., 馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)でんぷん, potato starch), in agricultural statistics, and in academic writing.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)でんぷん: potato starch
  • 馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)の栽培(さいばい): potato cultivation
  • 馬鈴薯(ばれいしょ)粉(こ): potato flour

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • じゃがいも: potato — the everyday word used in conversation, recipes, and most writing
  • ポテト: potato — loanword, common in product names (フライドポテト, ポテトサラダ)
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