お粥かゆおかゆじ字FuriganaMeanings1nounrice porridge; congee; watery cooked riceA soft, thin rice porridge often eaten when sick, as a light meal, or as a comfort food. The honorific prefix お is standard in polite speech.風邪かぜを引ひいたときは、お粥かゆを食たべると体からだが温ぬくまる。When you catch a cold, eating rice porridge warms you up.