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Cooking and taste — 料理と味

Boil, grill, warm up, cool down — and the words for how it tastes when you are done. Read each word aloud with its reading, then write it once on the line — in kana if you cannot yet write the kanji.

あじ noun
味 taste, flavour
みそ noun
味噌 miso
しょうゆ noun
醤油 soy sauce
こめ noun
米 rice (uncooked)
まめ noun
豆 beans
あぶら noun
油 oil
ゆ noun
湯 hot water
こおり noun
氷 ice
しょくりょうひん noun
食料品 groceries
やく verb
焼く to grill, bake, toast
にる verb
煮る to simmer, boil (food)
わかす verb
沸かす to boil (water)
わく verb
沸く to come to the boil
ひやす verb
冷やす to chill
あたためる verb
温める to warm up
かむ verb
噛む to chew, bite
くさる verb
腐る to go bad, rot
におい noun
匂い smell
にがい い-adj
苦い bitter
やわらかい い-adj
柔らかい soft, tender
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Cooking and taste — from memory

Cover page 1. Write the Japanese for each meaning (kana is fine), then write what each word in part 2 means. Page 1 is the answer key.

1    Write the Japanese
beans
noun
soft, tender
い-adj
miso
noun
to come to the boil
verb
smell
noun
to grill, bake, toast
verb
taste, flavour
noun
to simmer, boil (food)
verb
to chew, bite
verb
hot water
noun
2    What does it mean?
油
沸かす
苦い
米
温める
冷やす
醤油
食料品
腐る
氷
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