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釜
boiling pot · kettle · iron pot
N1On: ふKun: かま
Memory Aid
The kanji 釜 (boiling pot) depicts a pot with a lid. Imagine a **PERSON** (人) standing over a large **METAL** (金) cooking pot, ready to stir its contents.
'Kama' — like a `camera` taking a picture of an old, traditional `pot`.
Vocabulary
釜かまpot, kettle, cauldron
釜飯かまめしrice dish cooked in an iron pot
茶釜ちゃがまtea kettle (for tea ceremony)
釜揚げかまあげparboiled, boiled in a large pot (e.g., noodles)
Example Sentences
この釜でご飯を炊きます。
I cook rice in this pot.
駅前のレストランで釜飯を食べました。
I ate kamameshi at the restaurant in front of the station.
茶道では茶釜でお湯を沸かします。
In tea ceremony, hot water is boiled in a tea kettle.
うどんを釜揚げで注文しました。
I ordered udon parboiled.