JLPT N1 · Noun

粥 (kayu)

粥 (かゆ, kayu) is a Japanese noun meaning “thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かゆ
Romaji: kayu
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee · noun

Example sentences

若いときは貧乏でかゆをすすって暮らした。

When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 粥

粥

rice gruelイク・シュク・かゆ・かい · 12 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1209350 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.