Meaning

Primary

To Be Cooked

Alternatives

To Be Boiled, To Be Done Cooking

Word Type

intransitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. This is an intransitive verb, so it means to be cooked, to be boiled, or to be done cooking. Also a little cultural note — this word is used for both rice, and other foods in western Japan, while it's only used for rice in eastern Japan.

Reading

たける
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word has okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) you know that it's probably going to be the kun'yomi reading.

Lucky for you, the kanji readings for transitive and intransitive verbs are almost always the same. Once you learn one, you know them both! This reading is the same as 炊く.

Context

Context Sentences

ご飯、炊けた?

Is the rice done cooking?

今晩はカレーライスじゃなくてカレースパゲッティ。コンセントを差し忘れて、ご飯が炊けてなかったんだ。

Today's dinner is curry spaghetti, not curry rice. I forgot to put the plug in, so the rice isn't cooked.

大根が炊けるまであと五分やで。

It's only five minutes left until the daikon gets cooked.

Kanji Composition