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    3. 炊く

    炊く

    炊たく​

    to cook (grains, e.g. rice)

    N2KMT8CoreFood & DiningKanji Vocab9 strokes

    たく

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to cook (grains, e.g. rice)
    2.
    to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe

    Verb, Intransitive

    3.
    to get angry, to snap
    Internet slang

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    ご飯はんを炊たく。

    Cook rice.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    毎まい日にち、家か族ぞくのためにご飯はんを炊たいている。

    I cook rice for my family every day.

    KMT8Food & DiningFamily & Relationships
    新しん米まいを炊たくと、部へ屋やじゅ中うに良いい香かおりが広ひろがる。

    When you cook new rice, a pleasant aroma fills the room.

    KMT8Food & DiningHome & Housing
    この炊すい飯はん器きは、玄げん米まいも美お味いしく炊たける。

    This rice cooker can also cook brown rice deliciously.

    KMT8Food & DiningTechnology
    災さい害がい時じには、薪まきでご飯はんを炊たく方ほう法ほうを知しっておくと役やく立だつ。

    In times of disaster, knowing how to cook rice over a wood fire can be useful.

    KMT9Food & DiningDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    炊
    た.く・-だ.き…(2)
    cook・boil
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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