How to Use a Japanese Rice Cooker

THE MOST DETAILED GUIDE TO USING A JAPANESE RICE COOKER 🍚🍚🍚
Japanese rice cookers have a great many functions — do you know them all?

1️⃣ Step 1: Press 炊飯・再加熱 to turn the power on

2️⃣ Step 2: Choose the function and cooking mode
Press and hold メニュー・クリーニング（長押し）to select the right cooking mode
The cooking functions on a Japanese rice cooker usually include:
+ エコ炊飯（すいはん）： Cook rice in energy-saving mode
+ 白米熟成（はくまいじゅくせい）：Cook white rice thoroughly, giving the grains a sticky texture
+ 白米急速（はくまいきゅうそく）： Quick cook
+ 炊き込み（たきこむ）： Cook rice mixed with other ingredients added in, such as vegetables, roots, fruit or meat,…
+ すしめし： Cook rice for sushi
+ 無洗米（むせんまい）: Cook Japanese rice that doesn't need washing

Modes for particular kinds of rice, such as:
+ おかゆ： Cook rice porridge
+ 玄米（げんまい）： Cook brown rice
+ 玄米熟成（げんまいじゅくせい）： Cook brown rice thoroughly
+ 雑穀米（ざっこくまい）：Cook rice with mixed grains
+ ケーキ： Make cake

Cooking modes, used for:
+ 白米（はくまい）： Cook white rice
+ 普通（ふつう）： Normal cooking
+ やわらかめ： Cook soft rice
+ かため： Cook firm rice

Some Japanese rice cookers also have other functions such as:
+ パン： Bake bread
+ 発酵： Fermentation mode.
You can make steamed dishes such as chawanmushi, desserts such as cakes, and foods that involve fermentation such as yoghurt or fruit vinegar,…
+ 焼き： A grilling mode like an air fryer

4️⃣ Step 3: Set the cooking timer:
You can set the timer so the cooker works out the cooking time itself and the rice is hot just when you want it.

Press 予約 and adjust the cooking time up or down with the up/down buttons 5️⃣ 時刻合わせ

6️⃣ Step 4: Adjust the temperature inside the cooker to keep the rice warm once it is cooked:
+ 高め：keep warm at a high temperature
+ うるつや: keep the rice warm for a long time, up to 30 hours
7️⃣ Step 5: Turn the power off or clear a setting if you set it wrongly
Press 7️⃣ とりけし

See also:
Japanese Words for Actions
Japanese Vocabulary for Electricity