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kitchen (commercial); cooking area; galley
A space where food is prepared and cooked, typically in a restaurant, hotel, school, hospital, or other institutional setting. More specifically refers to a professional or large-scale cooking space rather than a home kitchen.
調理場に立つ。
To stand in the kitchen (i.e., to cook professionally).
調理場は朝から忙しい。
The kitchen has been busy since morning.
父は長年ホテルの調理場で働いていた。
My father worked in a hotel kitchen for many years.
衛生のために、調理場には関係者以外立ち入り禁止です。
For hygiene reasons, only authorized personnel are allowed in the kitchen.
Refers specifically to a professional or institutional kitchen, not a home kitchen. Literally "place for cooking" (調理 = cooking + 場 = place).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 調理場に立つ: to stand in the kitchen (work as a cook)
- 調理場を預かる: to be in charge of the kitchen
- ホテルの調理場: a hotel kitchen
- 学校の調理場: a school kitchen (for lunches)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 台所: kitchen — the everyday word for a home kitchen
- キッチン: kitchen — a more modern word, used for both home and commercial kitchens
- 厨房: kitchen — a formal/technical term for a commercial kitchen, often used in restaurant industry writing
- 炊事場: cooking area — used for communal or outdoor cooking areas (camps, barracks)
USAGE:
調理場 has a somewhat old-fashioned, traditional feeling compared to the more modern 厨房 or キッチン. It is often used when talking about traditional Japanese restaurants, ryokan inns, and institutional settings.