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炊事 (すいじ, suiji) Japanese meaning: cooking | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 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
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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.
We enjoyed cooking together at the campsite.
Usage patterns 炊すい 事じ をする to do the cooking/kitchen chores
At camp, we took turns doing the cooking.
炊すい 事じ 当とう 番ばん duty roster for cooking
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
Cooking at the mountain hut was tough.
Related words 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.
家事 covers all household chores in general, while 炊事 is limited specifically to cooking and kitchen-related tasks.
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.
Word family cook; chef; person in charge of cooking
kitchen; cookhouse; galley
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.
