釜かま

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 釜かまでご飯はんを炊たくto cook rice in an iron pot

  昔むかしは釜かまでご飯はんを炊たいていた。

  In the old days, people used to cook rice in an iron pot.

• 釜かまに火ひをかけるto put the pot on the fire

  母ははは釜かまに火ひをかけて湯ゆを沸わかした。

  My mother put the pot on the fire and boiled water.

• 釜かまの蓋ふたを開あけるto open the lid of the pot

  炊たき上あがったら釜かまの蓋ふたを開あけて蒸じょう気きを出だす。

  Once the rice is done, you open the pot's lid to let the steam out.

Expressions

• 地じ獄ごくの釜かまthe cauldron of Hell
• 同おなじ釜かまの飯めしを食くうto be close friends; to have lived together; to share a deep bond
• 月つき夜よに釜かまを抜ぬかれるmake a blunder; commit a careless mistake