Japanese Skill:Cooking 3

Cooking 3
Language	Japanese
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Cooking 3 is the 113th skill (assuming read left to right) in the Japanese language course. It has 5 lessons.

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Lessons

Lesson 1

• [off-lesson] くし (ku-shi) = comb
• チーズ (chī-zu) = cheese [Notes on チーズ and ancient related words here]
• チーズを二切れください。= (slices of cheese) ... .
• チーズを薄く切ります。(chī-zu-wo-u-su-ku-ki-ri-ma-su) = Cut the cheese thinly. [-ます is used for command in Cookbooks / Manuals]
• はい、チーズ！(hai-chī-zu) = Say cheese!
• フライパン (fu-rai-pan) = frying pan
• 蒸気 (jō-ki) = vapour (also, ‘steam’)
  (‘steam’ is the vapour formed at the boiling temperature; ‘vapour’ occurs at any temp.; ‘steam’ is a type of ‘vapour’.)
• ごま (go-ma) = sesame
• 熱する (ne-ssu-ru) = to heat
• 水は熱すると蒸気になる。(mi-zu-wa-ne-ssu-ru-to-jō-ki-ni-na-ru) = Water turns into steam when you heat it. (‘..turns steam with heating.’)
• ...を熱します (...-wo-ne-sshi-ma-su) = I heat ... . / Heat ... .
• ...を溶かします (...-wo-to-ka-shi-ma-su) = I melt ... . / I dissolve ... .
• バターを溶かします。(ba-tā-wo-to-ka-shi-ma-su) = Melt the butter.
• 砂糖を水に溶かします。(sa-tō-wo-mi-zu-ni-to-ka-shi-ma-su) = Dissolve the sugar in water. ('Dissolve the sugar water-wise.')
• ...を溶かしてください (...-wo-to-ka-shi-te-ku-da-sai) = Please melt ... . [From Lesson 2]
• フライパンにごま油を熱してバターを溶かします。(fu-rai-pan-ni-go-ma-a-bu-ra-wo-ne-shi-te-ba-tā-wo-to-ka-shi-ma-su) = Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan and melt the butter.
• [熱して]

Lesson 2

• 缶 (kan) = can 🥫 (canned food, a can of beer...)
• 容器 (yō-ki) = container
• ...を冷やしてください (...-wo-hi-ya-shi-te-ku-da-sai) = Please chill ... .
• 冷蔵庫でビールを冷やしてください。(rei-zō-ko-de-bī-ru-wo-hi-ya-shi-te-ku-da-sai) = Please chill the beer in the refrigerator.
• カボチャ (ka-bo-cha) = pumpkin
• べたべた (be-ta-be-ta) = sticky
• 汗でべたべたです。(a-se-de-be-ta-be-ta-de-su) = I am sticky with sweat.
• 彼の尻は汗でべたべたしていた。(ka-re-no-shi-ri-wa-a-se-de-be-ta-be-ta-shi-te-i-ta) = His butt was sticky with sweat.
• チョコレート (cho-ko-rē-to) = chocolate
• 暗いチョコレート (ku-rai-cho-ko-rē-to) = dark chocolate
• 私はチョコレートケーキと紅茶にします。(wa-ta-shi-wa-cho-ko-rē-to-kē-ki-to-kō-cha-ni-shi-ma-su) = I will have chocolate cake and black tea. (‘I will do at chocolate cake and black tea.’)
• [冷やし]

Lesson 3

• ジャム (ja-mu) = jam
• はちみつ (ha-chi-mi-tsu) = honey
• 酢 (su) = vinegar
• 酢と醤油を混ぜる。(su-to-shō-yu-wo-ma-ze-ru) = Mix the vinegar and the soy sauce.
• 古い酢を流しに注いだ。(fu-rui-su-wo-na-ga-shi-ni-so-soi-da) = I poured the old vinegar into the sink. (‘..poured at the sink.’)
• ..を塗ります (...-wo-nu-ri-ma-su) = I spread ... .
• はちみつをパンに塗った。(ha-chi-mi-tsu-wo-pan-ni-nu-tta) = I spread the honey on the bread. (‘..spread at the bread.’)
• パンにバターを塗りなさい。(pan-ni-ba-tā-wo-nu-ri-na-sai) = Spread the butter on the bread.
• イチゴ / いちご (i-chi-go) = strawberry
• [塗って]

Lesson 4

• ...の皮をむきなさい (...-no-ka-wa-wo-mu-ki-na-sai) = Peel ... . (‘Peel ...'s skin.’)
• 私はリンゴの皮をむくのが下手だ。(wa-ta-shi-wa-rin-go-no-ka-wa-wo-mu-ku-no-ga-he-ta-da) = I am bad at peeling apples. (‘Regarding me, I am bad concerning the act of peeling apples' skin.’)
• 普通皮をむかないでリンゴを食べる。(fu-tsū-ka-wa-wo-mu-ka-nai-de-rin-go-wo-ta-be-ru) = I usually eat apples without peeling them. (Approx. ~ ‘Normally, I eat apples in the way of not peeling the skin.’ Also, ‘usually, I don't peel the skin and [then] eat the apple.’)
• Note:「普通に」or even「普通的に」would be incorrect here because either of these modifies the verb (食べる or むく in this sentence) and means ‘in a normal way’, or ‘as I/we normally do’ or ‘as if it were normal’ while ‘普通’ or ‘普通は’ modifies the sentence and indicates it is a usual/normal/ordinary/typical/general thing.
  This sentence is talking about a usual behavior or a habit of people or the speaker. If there is “私は”, it is clearly talking about “my” habit.
• ...を漬けた (...-wo-tsu-ke-ta) = I pickled ... .
• キュウリを酢に漬けた。(kyū-ri-wo-su-ni-tsu-ke-ta) = I pickled the cucumbers in vinegar. (‘..pickled at vinegar.’)
• それを漬けることができるよ。(so-re-wo-tsu-ke-ru-ko-to-ga-de-ki-ru-yo) = We can pickle that. (‘Regarding the thing of pickling that, we can do it, yo!’)
• 漬け物 (tsu-ke-mo-no) = pickle (‘pickled things’) [also 漬物; and it is also an English word, “tsukemono”]
• 米と漬け物で育った。(ko-me-to-tsu-ke-mo-no-de-so-da-tta) = I grew up on rice and pickles. (‘Rice and pickles, in that manner, I was raised.’)
• こしょう (ko-shō) = pepper
• こしょうの味がする。(ko-shō-no-a-ji-ga-su-ru) = It tastes of pepper. (‘It does pepper's taste.’)
• ねばねば / ネバネバ (ne-ba-ne-ba) = gooey / slimy
• 口の中がねばねばする。(ku-chi-no-na-ka-ga-ne-ba-ne-ba-su-ru) = The inside of my mouth feels slimy.
• 納豆のようなねばねばする食べ物は嫌いだ。(na-ttō-no-you-na-ne-ba-ne-ba-su-ru-ta-be-mo-no-wa-ki-rai-da) = I dislike gooey food like natto.
• Note: 「食べ物」has two adjectives, 納豆のような and ねばねばする. Note the placement of each of those two.
• 納豆はねばねばしている。(na-ttō-wa-ne-ba-ne-ba-shi-te-i-ru) = Natto is gooey. (‘Natto is feeling slimy.’)
• [むいた, むいて]

Lesson 5

• ...ずつ (...-zu-tsu) = ... by ...
• 少しずつ (su-ko-shi-zu-tsu) = little by little
• 少しずつよくなっています。(su-ko-shi-zu-tsu-yo-ku-na-tte-i-ma-su) = It's getting better little by little. (‘Little by little it's becoming good.’)
• 桃 (mo-mo) = peach
• 彼は桃を一つずつ取り出した。(ka-re-wa-mo-mo-wo-hi-to-tsu-zu-tsu-to-ri-da-shi-ta) = He took out the peaches one at a time. / He took out the peaches one by one. (‘He took out one peach by one peach.’)
• 彼らに二個ずつ桃をやった。(ka-re-ra-ni-ni-ko-zu-tsu-mo-mo-wo-ya-tta) = I gave them two peaches each. (彼らに桃を二個ずつやった。‘At them, I gave two peaches by two peaches.’)
• AにBを詰めた (A-ni-B-wo-tsu-me-ta) = I packed A with B.
• 彼女は箱に桃を詰めた。(ka-no-jo-wa-ha-ko-ni-mo-mo-wo-tsu-me-ta) = She packed peaches into the box. (‘She packed at the box with peaches.’ / ‘She packed into the box, peaches, the object of the sentence.’)
• 何とあったぞ、缶詰パンだ。(nan-to-a-tta-zo, kan-zu-me-pan-da) = Wow, they have it! It's canned bread!
• ...を取り出した (...-wo-to-ri-da-shi-ta) = I took out ... .
• 買い物袋から食料品を取り出した。(kai-mo-no-bu-ku-ro-ka-ra-sho-ku-ryō-hin-wo-to-ri-da-shi-ta) = I took out the groceries from the shopping bag.
• トウモロコシ (tō-mo-ro-ko-shi) = corn [トウモロコシ is specifically corn-on-the-cob or how it is on the stalk.]