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調理

ちょうり

cooking, food preparation

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Examples

  1. 調理に一時間かかった。

    ちょうりにいちじかんかかった。

    Preparing the food took an hour.

  2. 魚は調理する前によく洗う。

    さかなはちょうりするまえによくあらう。

    Wash the fish well before cooking it.

  3. この店の調理場はとても広い。

    このみせのちょうりばはとてもひろい。

    The kitchen in this restaurant is very large.

Common patterns

調理する
to cook, to prepare food
調理法
cooking method
調理器具
cooking utensils

Memory tip

調理 is the formal, technical word for cooking — recipes, packet instructions, professional kitchens. In ordinary conversation you say 料理する, and 料理 also names the finished dish, which 調理 never does.

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