炊

Meaning

炊 centers on applying heat to prepare food, especially by boiling or cooking grains. The core idea is cooking with water and fire.

• 炊くたく
  N3

  to cook (grains, e.g. rice)

• 炊飯すいはん

  rice cooking; boiling rice

• 自炊じすい
  N3

  cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering

• 炊き込みたきこみ

  (something) cooked with rice

• 雑炊ぞうすい

  rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce

• 炊事すいじ
  N2

  cooking; kitchen work

• 炊けるたける

  to be boiled; to be cooked; to be done; to be ready

• 炊き出したきだし

  food distribution (esp. cooked rice)

• 水炊きみずたき

  food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

• 炊きたてたきたて

  freshly boiled (rice); freshly cooked; steaming; piping hot

• 煮炊きにたき

  cooking

• 飯炊きめしたき

  cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook

• 炊飯器すいはんき
  N3

  rice cooker

• 炊き込むたきこむ

  to cook (something) with rice

• 炊き上がるたきあがる
  N2

  to be cooked; to have finished cooking

• 一リットル炊きいちリットルだき

  having a cooking capacity of one liter

• 一炊の夢いっすいのゆめ

  empty dream

• 共同炊事場きょうどうすいじば

  community kitchen

• 味噌炊きみそだき

  food cooked in miso; cooking in miso

• 大炊寮おおいりょう

  Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)

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