粥 kayu
kayu
Noun
1. thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
wakai tokiwa bimbōde kayuo susutte kurashita.
When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.
Noun
2. breakfast (in Zen temples)
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wakai tokiwa bimbōde kayuo susutte kurashita.
When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.
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kayude
て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions
1. With porridge; In/by porridge
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kayudarō
Expresses probability ("probably…")
1. Probably porridge.; Probably will be porridge.
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kayujārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. It was not porridge.; It wasn't gruel.
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kayudeshō
Expresses probability in a polite manner ("probably…")
1. Probably porridge.; Likely porridge.
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kayudewārimasendeshita
The polite, past negative form
1. Was not congee.; Was not porridge.
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kayudattara
The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If it's porridge; When it's porridge
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kayudeareba
The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If/when it is porridge; Provided it is porridge
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kayunara
The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")
1. If/when it's porridge; If/when there's porridge
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