Translation guide
How to express 'boiling' in Japanese, covering hot weather, boiling water, cooking, and figurative anger.
Describing water or liquid that is at boiling point or actively boiling.
Standard term for water or liquid that is boiling. Used for the state of being at boiling point.
お湯が沸騰している。
The water is boiling.
Transitive verb meaning 'to boil water'. Use when you are boiling water for a purpose.
お湯を沸かしてください。
Please boil some water.
Intransitive verb meaning 'water boils'. Describes the water itself coming to a boil.
お湯が沸いた。
The water has boiled.
Onomatopoeic phrase for a bubbling boil, often used in cooking contexts.
鍋がぐつぐつ煮えている。
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'.
今日は茹だるような暑さだ。
It's boiling hot today.
Means 'scorching heat', often used for intense sun or heat that feels like burning.
焼けつくような暑さで外に出られない。
It's boiling hot, I can't go outside.
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.
パスタを茹でる。
Boil the pasta.
Transitive verb for simmering or boiling food in a seasoned broth, often for dishes like stews.
肉を柔らかくなるまで煮る。
Boil the meat until tender.
Specifically for boiling rice or grains.
ご飯を炊く。
Cook (boil) rice.
Expressing that someone is extremely angry, 'boiling mad'.
Direct metaphor: 'anger boils'. Used for intense, sudden anger.
彼の言葉に怒りが沸騰した。
I was boiling with anger at his words.
Idiomatic phrase meaning 'one's guts boil over', expressing extreme anger.
その態度には腹が煮えくり返った。
I was boiling mad at that attitude.
Colloquial phrase meaning 'to be furiously angry', often translated as 'boiling mad'.
彼はかんかんに怒っていた。
He was boiling with rage.
Today will be a day of boiling heat.