ふるい

noun

sieve; sifter; strainer

1. sieve; sifter; strainer

A kitchen or laboratory tool with a fine mesh used to separate fine particles from coarser ones, especially for sifting flour or straining liquids.

I sift the flour.

ふるいで粉砂糖(こなざとう)を振(ふ)りかけた。

I dusted on powdered sugar with a sieve.

I used a sieve in the garden to separate fine gravel from soil.

Written in kanji as 篩(ふるい), but the kana form is more common in everyday writing. The noun form of the verb 篩(ふる)う (to sift).

ふるいにかける: to sift; to put through a sieve (also figurative: to screen, filter out)
粉(こな)をふるう: to sift flour
ふるいでこす: to strain through a sieve

ふるいにかける is also used figuratively for screening or filtering people or candidates: 応募者(おうぼしゃ)をふるいにかける (to screen applicants).

ざる: colander; sieve basket — coarser mesh, typically for draining noodles or rinsing vegetables
こし器(き): strainer — for liquids, finer than ざる

Related Words

Compare: ざる (colander)

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