Kanji 釜 Words: Meanings and Readings

釜

かま

iron pot

八釜しい

やかましい

much talked of

おかまを掘る

おかまをほる

to crash a car into the back of another

お釜

おかま

(volcanic) crater

お釜帽

おかまぼう

bowler hat

お竈を興す

おかまをおこす

to make a fortune

かまを掘る

かまをほる

to crash a car into the back of another

ネ釜

ネかま

male who pretends to be female online

圧力釜

あつりょくがま

pressure vessel

一つ釜

ひとつかま

one or the same pot

塩釜焼き

しおがまやき

cooking a fish inside a salt crust

塩竈

しおがま

candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

外罐

そとがま

outdoor bathwater heater

釜めし

かまめし

rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

釜玉うどん

かまたまうどん

udon with raw egg, and shoyu, dashi, etc.

釜山

ふざん

Busan (South Korea)

釜師

かまし

teakettle caster

釜場

かまば

boiler room

釜石石

かまいしせき

kamaishilite

釜煎り

かまいり

boiling to death (punishment during the Warring States period)

釜中の魚

ふちゅうのうお

fish in a pot about to be boiled

釜敷

かましき

kettle rest

釜揚げうどん

かまあげうどん

straight-from-the-pot udon

釜炒り茶

かまいりちゃ

green tea fired in hot pans after a short withering (common Chinese technique)

釜茹で

かまうで

boiling in an iron pot

月夜に釜を抜かれる

つきよにかまをぬかれる

to make a blunder

後がま

あとがま

second wife

後釜にすえる

あとがまにすえる

to install (a person) in (someone's) place

後釜にすわる

あとがまにすわる

to succeed to someone's post

歯釜

はがま

broad-brimmed cooking pot for rice

初釜

はつがま

first tea ceremony of New Year

石窯

いしがま

stone oven

石窯ピザ

いしがまピザ

brick-oven pizza

大釜

おおがま

cauldron

地獄の釜

じごくのかま

the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)

地獄の釜の蓋

じごくのかまのふた

creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)

地獄の釜の蓋もあく

じごくのかまのふたもあく

even the demons of hell rest during Obon and the New Year

茶釜

ちゃがま

teakettle (tea ceremony)

釣り釜

つりがま

iron kettle suspended on a chain

電気釜

でんきがま

electric rice-cooker

土釜

どがま

earthen rice cooker

同じ釜の飯を食う

おなじかまのめしをくう

to live together

内罐

うちがま

indoor bathwater heater

鍋釜

なべかま

pots and pans

二重釜

にじゅうがま

jacketed kettle

風呂釜

ふろがま

bath heater

文福茶釜

ぶんぶくちゃがま

bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)

竈風呂

かまぶろ

steam bath (often using brine)