炊く|たくtaku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto cook (grains, e.g. rice)
    ご飯はんの上手じょうずなたき方かたを知しっていますか。↗
    Do you know how to cook rice well?
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
  3. godan verb, intransitive verbto get angry; to snap
Conjugation
Dictionary form炊く(たく)
Polite (masu)炊きます(たきます)
Negative (nai)炊かない(たかない)
polite (masen)炊きません(たきません)
classical zu / nu炊かず・炊かぬ(たかず・たかぬ)
Past (ta)炊いた(たいた)
polite (mashita)炊きました(たきました)
Past negative (nakatta)炊かなかった(たかなかった)
polite (masen deshita)炊きませんでした(たきませんでした)
Te form炊いて(たいて)
Potential炊ける(たける)
Passive炊かれる(たかれる)
Causative炊かせる(たかせる)
Causative passive炊かせられる・炊かされる(たかせられる・たかされる)
Conditional (ba)炊けば(たけば)
tara炊いたら(たいたら)
Volitional炊こう(たこう)
polite (mashou)炊きましょう(たきましょう)
Imperative炊け(たけ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
transitive炊くたく⇄intransitive炊けるたける
ご飯はんを炊たく
炊ける focuses on the rice cooking as a natural process or result, while 炊く focuses on the deliberate action of someone cooking the rice.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related煮るにるNeutralNeutral verb for simmering or stewing food in liquid, typically vegetables, fish, or meat; unlike 炊く, it is not used for cooking rice.

炊く is chiefly for cooking grains such as rice, while 煮る is the neutral verb for simmering or stewing food in liquid; 炊く can also express boiling or simmering.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 【炊たく】火ひを使つかって料理りょうりする。煮にる。
  2. 【炊たく】米べいを炊飯すいはんして飯めしにする、かしぐ。(米べいを水みずと加熱かねつして、吸水きゅうすいさせ、デンプンをアルファ化かする。)
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