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Usages of ryouri
店 で 料理 の 雑誌 を 読みました。mise de ryouri no zassi wo yomimasita.
I read a cooking magazine at the store.
私 は 母 の 料理 が 好き です。watasi ha haha no ryouri ga suki desu.
I like my mother's cooking.
料理 を 作る 前 に 野菜 を 洗います。ryouri wo tukuru mae ni yasai wo araimasu.
I wash vegetables before cooking.
母 は 私 の 料理 を ほめて くれました。haha ha watasi no ryouri wo homete kuremasita.
My mother praised my cooking.
姉 の 料理 と 母 の 料理 の 味 を 比べて みます。ane no ryouri to haha no ryouri no azi wo kurabete mimasu.
I will try comparing the taste of my sister’s cooking with my mother’s cooking.
先週 は 初めて 妹 に 料理 を 教えた。 妹 は すぐ 上手 に なった。sensyuu ha hazimete imouto ni ryouri wo osieta. imouto ha sugu zyouzu ni natta.
Last week I taught my younger sister to cook for the first time. She got good quickly.
彼 は 週末 に 母 の 料理 の 手伝い を する。kare ha syuumatu ni haha no ryouri no tetudai wo suru.
He helps with his mother's cooking on weekends.
母 の 料理 は 素敵 だ と 思います。haha no ryouri ha suteki da to omoimasu.
I think my mother's cooking is wonderful.
健康 の ため に、 砂糖 や 塩 を 入れすぎない よう に 料理 を 工夫して います。kenkou no tame ni, satou ya sio wo iresuginai you ni ryouri wo kuhuusite imasu.
For my health, I try to cook in a way that doesn’t use too much sugar or salt.
彼氏 と は、 料理 とか ゲーム とか を しながら 留守番 を する 時間 が 一番 楽しい です。karesi to ha, ryouri toka geemu toka wo sinagara rusuban wo suru zikan ga itiban tanosii desu.
With my boyfriend, the most fun time is when we house-sit together while cooking, playing games, and so on.
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