豆腐は軽く重しをして、２０分ほどおいて水切りする。

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English Translation

Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.

Furigana

豆腐(とうふ)は軽(かる)く重(おも)しをして、２０分(ふん)ほどおいて水切(みずき)りする。

Romanji

Tōfu wa karuku omoshi o shite, ni zero fun hodo oite mizukiri suru.

Words

豆腐 (とうふ)

tofu; bean-curd

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

軽い (かるい、かろい)

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; simple; indiscriminate

重し (おもし)

stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

水切り (みずきり)

drainer; strainer; colander; cutwater; forefoot; flashing; throating; (playing) ducks and drakes; stone skipping; skipping rocks; snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water