早(はや)炊(だ)き

はやだき

noun

quick-cook setting (rice cooker); rapid cooking

1. quick-cook setting; rapid cooking

A rice cooker mode that shortens the cycle by skipping most of the soaking time. The rice is ready in roughly half the usual time, at some cost to texture.

早炊(はやだ)きで炊(た)く。

I cook it on the quick setting.

時間(じかん)がないので早炊(はやだ)きモードにした。

I was short of time, so I set it to quick-cook mode.

早炊(はやだ)きは二十分(にじゅっぷん)ほどで炊(た)き上(あ)がるが、普通(ふつう)に炊(た)いたほうがおいしい。

Quick-cook is done in about twenty minutes, but rice tastes better cooked normally.

早(はや)い (fast) + 炊(た)く (to cook rice), with rendaku making たき into だき. It appears as a button label on almost every Japanese rice cooker.

Common collocations

早炊(はやだ)きモード: quick-cook mode
早炊(はやだ)き機能(きのう): quick-cook function
早炊(はやだ)きで炊(た)く: to cook on the quick setting

Similar words

炊(た)き込(こ)み: cooking rice together with other ingredients — a different kind of setting entirely
予約(よやく)炊飯(すいはん): timer cooking — set to finish at a chosen time

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Added 2026.8.9 12:19 · Revised 2026.9.6 9:20

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