Illustration: In a compact Japanese apartment kitchen, a parent tends a simmering soup pot while their partner rinses rice in the sink. Chopped vegetables, a cutting board, and waiting bowls occupy the small counter between them.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

炊すい事じ

suiji

cooking, kitchen work

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは炊事すいじが全然ぜんぜんできない。

    I’m all thumbs in the kitchen.

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  2. この為旧家ためきゅうかなどは炊事すいじ場じょうが土間どまとなっている事ことが多おおい。

    Therefore, the kitchens of many old established family houses are located at the doma.

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

  3. 海軍かいぐんでは炊事すいじを専門せんもんの者ものが行おこなったため、カレーライスの作つくり方かたを覚おぼえた兵へいはごく一部いちぶだったのに対たいし、陸軍りくぐんではほぼ全員ぜんいんが炊事すいじを経験けいけんした。

    In the Navy, kitchen work had been done by appointed personnel, thus limiting the soldiers who learned how to cook curry and rice, whereas at Army nearly all personnel experienced kitchen work.

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

Kanji in 炊事

  • 炊cook; boilOnスイKunたく
  • 事matter; thingOnジ・ズKunこと・つかう・つかえる

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