Illustrated Language Guide to Your Japanese Rice Cooker!

With innovative technologies, Japanese rice cookers can do more than just cook rice. This infographic is designed as a handy resource so that you can remember which buttons on your Japanese rice cooker do which functions.
We hope this infographic is helpful to you – we also will be publishing guides to other Japanese appliances on this blog in the future – so stay tuned!

Vocabulary:

1. 保温                        (hoon)                                Keep warm
2. 選択                        (sentaku)                            Choice/option
3. メニュー                (menyu-)                            Menu
4. とりけし                (torikeshi)                           Reset/cancel
5. 白米/炊きこみ      (hakumai/takikomi)            White/mix rice
6. 無洗米                    (musenmai)                        Rinse free rice
7. 白米急速                (hakumai kyuusoku)         Quick cook
8. おかゆ                    (okayu)                                Porridge
9. 標準                        (hyoujun)                           Normal
10. 高め                        (takame)                             High
11. 玄米                        (genmai)                             Brown rice
12. 玄米活性                (genmai kassei)                Gaba brown rice
13. 雑穀米                    (zakkoku mai)                    Multigrain rice
14. 時刻合わせ            (jikoku awase)                   Time adjustment
15. 予約                        (yoyaku)                              Timer
16. 炊飯                        (suihan)                              Cooking button

Challenge yourself the next time you visit your kitchen with this cheat sheet! If you need a recipe for fried rice, though, check out everything you need to know about Chahan here!

Other Guide to Your Japanese Series

Guide to your Japanese Washing Machine
Guide to Your Japanese Rice Cookers
Guide to Your Japanese Toilets
Guide to Your Japanese Food Labels
Guide to your Japanese Bathtubs

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