焦

Meaning

焦 centers on the idea of being burned or scorched, both physically and emotionally: charring, singeing, or the mental state of being so heated that one becomes impatient, irritated, or in a hurry.

• 焦るあせる
  N2

  to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to fret

• 焦点しょうてん
  N2

  focus; focal point

• 焦りあせり
  N3

  impatience

• 焦げこげ

  scorching; scorch; burn

• 焦らすじらす

  to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

• 焦がすこがす
  N2

  to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char

• 焦れるじれる

  to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe

• 焦燥しょうそう

  impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

• 焦土しょうど

  scorched earth

• 黒焦げくろこげ

  charred; burnt black; scorched black

• 焦げるこげる
  N3

  to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

• 焦がれるこがれる

  to long (for); to yearn (for)

• 焦れったいじれったい

  irritating; impatient; annoying; frustrating; vexing

• 焦げ目こげめ

  burn mark; grilled surface (e.g. on a steak)

• 焦げ臭いこげくさい
  N1

  smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell

• 焦げ付きこげつき

  a bad debt

• 焦眉しょうび

  emergency; urgency; imminence

• お焦げおこげ

  scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; crunchy rice

• 三焦さんしょう

  san jiao (triple heater; functional metabolic organ in Chinese medicine)

• 三重焦点さんじゅうしょうてん

  trifocal

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