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自炊

Cooking meals for oneself; slang for digitizing physical books.

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自炊する verb form
自炊します polite verb form
1 Noun, Suru verb

Cooking for yourself

The practice of preparing one’s own meals at home instead of eating out or purchasing ready-made food.

Example

最近 、 毎日 自炊 し て い ます 。

Recently, I've been cooking for myself every day.

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2 Noun, Suru verb

Scanning your own books

A slang term for the process of manually digitizing physical books or magazines into electronic files for personal use.

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自炊
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Cooking meals for oneself; slang for digitizing physical books.
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