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粥 (かゆ): rice porridge — Japanese vocabulary

粥 is read かゆ and means "rice porridge". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

粥

Reading
かゆ · kayu
Translation
rice porridge
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
かゆが

Example

若いときは貧乏でかゆをすすって暮らした。

わかいときはびんぼうでかゆをすすってくらした。

When he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel.

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