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煎る (いる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N2 Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
godan verb (-ru), transitive verb
roast ; parch ; toast ; boil down
Dry-heat cooking: roast, parch, or toast ingredients like beans, nuts, sesame seeds, or tea leaves in a pan without oil. Also used for boiling down liquids until dry, as in 煎り酒.
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There's a nice smell of roasting coffee beans.
Written forms 煎い る Usage 36%
Frequent kanji for roasting or parching, especially in compounds like 煎り豆 (roasted beans). High news frequency.
炒い る Usage 40%
Common kanji for dry-roasting or stir-frying without oil, often used for beans, nuts, or tea leaves.
いる Usage 24%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing when the specific kanji nuance is not needed.
熬い る Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form for roasting; mainly encountered in older or specialized texts.
Similar words 焼や く 焼く is broader: bake, grill, broil, or burn. 煎る specifically means dry-roasting or parching in a pan without oil.
炒いた める 炒める is stir-frying with oil. 煎る is dry-roasting without oil.
Etymology Native Japanese verb. The kanji 炒, 煎, and 熬 all convey roasting or parching, with 煎 being the most common modern form.
