食うや食わず

くうやくわず

(living) from hand to mouth, living on the fringe of subsistance

飲まず食わず

のまずくわず

without eating or drinking

食わず嫌い

くわずぎらい

disliking a certain food without having tried it, disliking something without having tried it, prejudiced against, aversion without even trying

芋

いも

tuber, taro, potato

食わす

くわす

to feed

種芋

たねいも

seed potato

京芋

きょういも キョウイモ

shrimp-shaped taro variety

海芋

かいう カイウ うみいも

calla (Zantedcschia aethiopica)

芋版

いもばん

stamp made with a potato

芋侍

いもざむらい いもさむらい

rustic (boorish) samurai

芋茎

ずいき

taro stem

芋虫

いもむし イモムシ

hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth), (hairless) caterpillar

里芋

さといも サトイモ

taro (Colocasia esculenta), dasheen, eddo

長芋

ながいも ナガイモ

Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

孫芋

まごいも

tertiary taro corm, taro cormlet

ジャガタラ芋

ジャガタラいも ジャガタライモ

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

芋頭

いもがしら

tubercle

紫芋

むらさきいも ムラサキイモ

purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)

親芋

おやいも

mother tuber of a taro, taro corm, parent taro