Jisui

自炊 (Jisui) is a Japanese noun meaning “cooking for oneself, cooking one's own food, doing one's own cooking, making food oneself”.

Meanings

  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbscanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself

Examples

  • I'm used to cooking for myself.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 自炊

oneselfcook

Related words

myselfsuicidefreedomself-confidenceone's homenaturallyoneself(one's) selfclockpride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.)naturebicycle