Translation guide
How to express 'boiling' in Japanese, covering hot weather, boiling water, cooking, and figurative anger.
The water is boiling.
Transitive verb meaning 'to boil water'. Use when you are boiling water for a purpose.
Please boil some water.
Intransitive verb meaning 'water boils'. Describes the water itself coming to a boil.
The water has boiled.
Onomatopoeic phrase for a bubbling boil, often used in cooking contexts.
The pot is bubbling away.
Expressing that the weather or an environment is extremely hot, like boiling.
Common phrase meaning 'boiling heat', literally 'heat that makes you feel like you're being boiled'.
It's boiling hot today.
Means 'scorching heat', often used for intense sun or heat that feels like burning.
Formal term for 'intense heat' or 'heat wave', often used in weather reports.
Referring to the cooking method of boiling food.
Transitive verb for boiling food items like pasta, eggs, or vegetables.
Boil the pasta.
Transitive verb for simmering or boiling food in a seasoned broth, often for dishes like stews.
Specifically for boiling rice or grains.
Expressing that someone is extremely angry, 'boiling mad'.
Direct metaphor: 'anger boils'. Used for intense, sudden anger.
I was boiling with anger at his words.
Idiomatic phrase meaning 'one's guts boil over', expressing extreme anger.
Colloquial phrase meaning 'to be furiously angry', often translated as 'boiling mad'.
He was boiling with rage.
It's boiling hot, I can't go outside.
今日は猛暑日になるでしょう。
Today will be a day of boiling heat.
Boil the meat until tender.
Cook (boil) rice.
I was boiling mad at that attitude.