Illustration: In the compact kitchenette of a Japanese studio apartment, a young adult in home clothes slides a freshly cooked omelette from a frying pan onto their own plate. One rice bowl, one soup bowl, and one pair of chopsticks are set on the tiny adjoining table.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

自じ炊すい

jisui

to cook for oneself

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは自炊じすいに慣なれている。

    I’m used to cooking for myself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 栄養不足えいようふそくは自炊じすいすればわりと解決かいけつする。

    Cooking for yourself can do quite a bit to improve poor nutrition.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

  3. 最近忙さいきんいそがしくて料理りょうりをする時間じかんがなかったので、今日きょうは久ひさしぶりに自炊じすいした。

    I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to cook, so today I cooked for myself for the first time in a while.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 自炊

  • 自oneselfOnジ・シKunみずから・おのずから・おのずと
  • 炊cook; boilOnスイKunたく

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