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追い焚き (おいだき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
reheating bathwater
Refers to the function on Japanese bath heaters that reheat existing bathwater without adding fresh water. Common in household appliance contexts.
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The bath got cold, so I reheated it.
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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
cooking more rice ; adding rice to the pot
Specifically refers to adding uncooked rice to a pot that already contains cooked or cooking rice, then continuing to cook. A somewhat niche cooking term.
Written forms 追お い 焚だ き Usage 22%
Standard kanji spelling using 焚く (to boil/burn).
追お い 炊だ き Usage 50%
Alternate spelling using 炊く (to cook rice), more common for the rice-cooking sense.
追お いだき Usage 22%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana form.
追おい 炊だ き Usage 6%
Variant without okurigana, using 炊.
追おい 焚だ き
Variant without okurigana.
Kanji 追 chase, drive away, follow 焚 burn, kindle, build a fire Similar words 追お い 焚だ き 機き 能のう Compound noun specifically meaning 'reheating function' (for baths).
炊た く The verb meaning 'to cook (rice)'; 追い炊き uses this kanji for the rice-cooking sense.
焚た く The verb meaning 'to burn/boil'; 追い焚き uses this kanji for the bath-reheating sense.
Etymology Compound of 追い (from 追う, 'to chase, add') + 焚き/炊き (from 焚く/炊く, 'to boil/cook'). Literally 'additional boiling/cooking'.
