| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 釜 | かま | iron pot, kettle |
| お釜 | おかま, オカマ | pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual, effeminate man, male transvestite |
| 釜を掘る | かまをほる | to perform anal sex, to bugger, to sodomize, to sodomise; to crash one's car into the back of another |
| 八釜しい | やかましい, かしましい, かしがましい, かまびすしい | noisy, boisterous; strict, faultfinding, carping, fussy |
| 後釜 | あとがま | successor, replacement, second wife |
| 御釜 | おかま, オカマ | pot; volcanic crater; (one's) buttocks; male homosexual, effeminate man, male transvestite |
| 初釜 | はつがま | first tea ceremony of New Year |
| 二重釜 | にじゅうがま | jacketed kettle, double boiler |
| 風呂釜 | ふろがま | bath heater |
| 電気釜 | でんきがま | electric rice-cooker |