Illustration: In a compact home kitchen, a parent lifts the lid from a metal steamer, revealing plump shumai resting on a perforated tray above bubbling water. Vapor rises around the dumplings and curls from the lifted lid; the food sits clearly above the water instead of floating in it.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

蒸むす

musu

to steam

Example sentences

主おもに蒸むしてから食たべる。
It is usually eaten after steaming.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
関西かんさいでは腹開はらびらきにし、蒸むさずに焼やく。
In the Kansai region the eel is slit open along the belly and broiled without steaming.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
蒸むしたままの団子だんごに醤油しょうゆを塗ぬったもの。
Steamed dumpling covered with soy sauce.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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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