蒸かす

• 読み: ふかす
• ローマ字: fukasu
• 漢字の分解: 蒸 (jō/fu) — steam, evaporate
• 発音: /ɸɯ.ka.sɯ/

意味

To steam (food). The act of cooking food using steam.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated with the す row. Primarily used for steaming food, especially sweet potatoes (芋を蒸かす) and buns. More colloquial than 蒸す, which is the standard word for steaming. Can also appear in the causative sense of making something steamy. Relatively uncommon in written Japanese but used in everyday cooking talk.

例文

1. 秋になるとさつまいもを蒸かして食べる。
2. 祖母は毎朝蒸かしたまんじゅうを作ってくれた。
3. もち米を蒸かしておこわを作ろう。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, food preparation, daily life

トーン: homey

起源と歴史

The kanji 蒸 combines 艹 (grass radical), 丞 (to help), and 灬 (fire dots at bottom). Plants over fire producing steam — the fundamental image of steaming.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal