Japanese

Noun

ポテチ ‎(romaji potechi)

1. Short for ポテトチップ ‎(poteto chippu, “potato chip”).^[1]
   • 2004 September 8, Tsugumi Ohba; Takeshi Obata, “芥ゴミ [Trash]”, in デスノート [Death Note], volume 3 (fiction, in Japanese), Tokyo: Shueisha, ISBN 4-08-873652-4, page 20:

     ポテチを取 (と)り食 (た)べる

     Potechi o tori taberu

     I take a potato chip and eat it

References

1. ↑ 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, ISBN 4-09-501211-0