炊く

• 読み: たく
• ローマ字: taku
• 漢字の分解: 炊 (sui/taku) — cook, boil rice
• 発音: /ta.kɯ/

意味

To cook (rice); to boil (grains). Specifically used for cooking rice or other grains by boiling.

A Group 1 (godan) transitive verb. In modern Japanese, almost exclusively used for cooking rice: ご飯を炊く (to cook rice). Distinct from 煮る (to simmer/stew), 焼く (to grill/bake), and 茹でる (to boil). 炊飯器 (rice cooker) is a common derived compound. Essential kitchen vocabulary for daily Japanese life.

例文

1. 毎朝ご飯を炊くのが日課だ。
2. 新しい炊飯器でお米を炊いたらとてもおいしかった。
3. 三合のお米を炊いておいてくれる。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, daily life, kitchen

トーン: domestic

起源と歴史

The kanji 炊 combines 火 (fire) and 欠 (lack/yawn — depicting an open mouth). Originally 'cooking over fire to feed hungry mouths.'

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal