炊すい事じ

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炊事する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	炊すい事じする	炊すい事じしない
Polite	炊すい事じします	炊すい事じしません
Past polite	炊すい事じしました	炊すい事じしませんでした
Past	炊すい事じした	炊すい事じしなかった
Te-form	炊すい事じして	炊すい事じしないで
Desire	炊すい事じしたい	炊すい事じしたくない
Potential	炊すい事じできる	炊すい事じできない
Passive	炊すい事じされる	炊すい事じされない
Causative	炊すい事じさせる	炊すい事じさせない
Causative passive	炊すい事じさせられる	炊すい事じさせられない
Volitional	炊すい事じしよう
Polite volitional	炊すい事じしましょう
Imperative	炊すい事じしろ	炊すい事じするな
Conditional	炊すい事じすれば	炊すい事じしなければ
Tara conditional	炊すい事じしたら	炊すい事じしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

cooking; kitchen work

Refers to the act of preparing meals, including all related kitchen tasks. Often used in contexts like household chores, institutional kitchens, or camping. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (炊事する).

母ははは毎まい日にち家か族ぞくのために炊すい事じをしている。
My mother does the cooking for the family every day.
キャンプ場じょうでみんなで炊すい事じを楽たのしんだ。
We enjoyed cooking together at the campsite.

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Usage patterns

炊すい事じをするto do the cooking/kitchen chores
キャンプでは交こう代たいで炊すい事じをした。
At camp, we took turns doing the cooking.
炊すい事じ当とう番ばんduty roster for cooking
今日きょうは私わたしが炊すい事じ当とう番ばんです。
Today it's my turn to be in charge of cooking.
〈場ば所しょ〉で炊すい事じするto do the cooking at a place
山やま小ご屋やで炊すい事じするのは大たい変へんだった。
Cooking at the mountain hut was tough.

Kanji

炊cook, boil
事matter, thing, fact

Related words

料りょう理りN5
料理 is the general, common word for cooking or a dish, while 炊事 specifically means the chore of preparing meals in a household or institutional kitchen.
調ちょう理りN1
調理 is a more technical or professional term for food preparation, whereas 炊事 refers to everyday kitchen chores like cooking for a family or group.
家か事じN4
家事 covers all household chores in general, while 炊事 is limited specifically to cooking and kitchen-related tasks.
炊たき出だし
炊事 is the general word for cooking or kitchen work at home, while 炊き出し specifically means cooking and serving meals in bulk for disaster relief or charity.

Don't confuse with

炊すい飯はん
炊事 refers broadly to household cooking or kitchen chores, whereas 炊飯 refers specifically and narrowly to the act of cooking rice.

Word family

炊すい事じ係がかり
cook; chef; person in charge of cooking
炊すい事じ場ば
kitchen; cookhouse; galley
炊すい事じ婦ぶ
female kitchen assistant; woman who helps with cooking

Etymology

Compound of 炊 (sui, 'cook') + 事 (ji, 'matter, thing'). The reading is on'yomi for both characters. The word has been used since at least the Edo period to refer to the task of cooking.