炊き出し
Meanings
1
emergency food distribution; communal cooking and serving of meals
Typically refers to providing hot meals, especially rice, to disaster victims or people in need. Often organized by volunteers or local authorities.
After the earthquake, emergency food distribution was carried out at the evacuation center.
Volunteers are providing hot meals in the disaster area.
Usage patterns
- 炊き出しをするto carry out an emergency food distribution
Volunteers held a meal distribution at the evacuation center.
- 炊き出しに参加するto take part in a food distribution effort
Local residents took part in the meal distribution.
- 炊き出しを受けるto receive food from a relief distribution
The disaster victims received a hot meal from the food distribution.
- 〈場所〉で炊き出しを行うto conduct an emergency meal distribution at a place
It was decided to hold the meal distribution in the park.
- 炊き出しの列に並ぶto line up for a food distribution
Many people were lined up for the meal distribution.