- 竃
- かまど【竃】a kitchen stove; a cooking stove; 〔所帯〕 a household.
●一つ竃の飯を食う eat from the same pot; live under the same roof
・この家のものは竃の灰まで俺のものだ. Everything in this house, even the ashes in the stove, are mine.
●竃を起こす increase the family fortune [assets]
・竃を破る go bankrupt; lose the family fortune [assets]
・竃を分ける keep a separate house [establishment]; live separately.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.