This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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かまど、へっつい
kitchen range; cooking stove; hearth; (kitchen) furnace
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竈、竃
かま
stove; furnace; kiln
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竈突
くど
the rear of an old-fashioned Japanese hearth from which smoke was exhausted; (in Kyoto dialect) the hearth itself
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竈神

竃神
かまどがみ
tutelary deities of the hearth
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土窯

土竈、土竃
どがま
earthen kiln
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御釜

お釜、御竈
おかま、オカマ
pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual; effeminate man; male transvestite
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七竈

七竃
ななかまど、ナナカマド
Japanese rowan (Sorbus commixta)
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南京七竈

ナンキンななかまど、ナンキンナナカマド
Sorbus gracilis (species of mountain ash)
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土竈炭

土窯炭
どがまずみ
charcoal burned in an earthen kiln
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黄泉竈食ひ

黄泉竃食ひ、黄泉戸喫
よもつへぐい
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)