Illustration: In a home kitchen, a cook lifts the upper tier of a metal steamer just enough to reveal the bubbling water in the lower pot. Plump shumai sit on cabbage leaves across the perforated upper tray, entirely above the water. Vapor rises through the holes and curls around the lifted lid resting nearby.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

蒸むし

mushi

steaming

Often used in names of steamed dishes and foods. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 炊く以外に、蒸籠蒸しをする方法がある。

    Besides boiling rice, there is a method of steaming it in a steamer basket.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. そのため、今いまでも菊川市きくかわしは深ふか蒸むし茶ちゃのふる里さとと呼よばれている。

    It is because of this that even now, Kikukawa City is called the home of fukamushi-cha.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 茶碗蒸ちゃわんむしも、出汁だしが効きいてて美味おいしかったです。

    The chawanmushi was delicious too; the dashi flavor really came through.

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

Kanji in 蒸

  • 蒸steam; heatOnジョウ・セイKunむす・むれる・むらす

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