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N3 Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

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

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    1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to cook (grains, e.g. rice)

    2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe

      Kansai dialect,

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    3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb

      3.

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    炊く 【たく】

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      風邪(かぜ)をひいている(つま)のために(かゆ)()

      I'm going to boil porridge for my wife who has a cold.

      • N3

      野菜(やさい)()いているうちに()きこぼれてしまった。

      While boiling vegetables, it overflowed.

      • N3

      台所(だいどころ)(ほう)から自室(じしつ)まで赤飯(せきはん)()いい(にお)いが(ただよ)ってきました。

      A pleasant aroma of red rice being boiled wafted from the kitchen to my room.

      • N3

      釜戸(かまど)()(はん)炊飯(すいはん)()()(はん)よりも(なん)(ばい)(あじ)わい(ぶか)()がします。

      I feel that rice boiled in a traditional iron pot has a much deeper flavor compared to rice cooked in an electric rice cooker.

      • N3

      (まめ)()いている(あいだ)(つぎ)工程(こうてい)下準備(したじゅんび)をすることで時間(じかん)短縮(たんしゅく)してしまおう!

      Let's reduce the cooking time by preparing for the next step while the beans are boiling.

      • N2
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