Illustration: At an outdoor sink beside a Japanese kitchen garden, a grandparent helps a child peel a freshly harvested ear of corn. The husk folds downward to reveal tightly packed rows of plump kernels, and fine silk trails from the tip.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

とうもろこし

toumorokoshi

corn

Example sentences

  1. 袋ふくろはとうもろこしではちきれそうだった。

    The bag was bursting with corn.

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  2. 農夫のうふは春はるにとうもろこしの種たねをまく。

    The farmer plants the corn in the spring.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トウモロコシを植うえるのに最適さいてきな時期じきはいつですか？

    When is the best time to plant corn?

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