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煮えくり返る (にえくりかえる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

煮にえくり返かえる

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Meanings

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godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

boil violently; seethe; churn

Describes liquid boiling so intensely that it churns and bubbles up. Often used figuratively for emotions such as anger or resentment.

鍋なべのスープが煮にえくり返かえっている。
The soup in the pot is boiling violently.
彼かれの心こころの中なかでは怒いか

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Anger was seething inside him.

Written forms

煮にえくり返かえる
Standard kanji spelling.
煮にえ繰くり返かえる
Alternate kanji spelling using 繰り返る.
煮にえくりかえる
Kana spelling for the verb part, common in informal writing.

Kanji

煮boil, cook
返return, answer, fade
繰winding, reel, spin

Similar words

沸ふっ騰とうする
沸騰する is a general term for reaching boiling point, while 煮えくり返る emphasizes violent, churning boiling.
煮にえる
煮える simply means 'to be boiled/cooked', without the intense churning nuance of 煮えくり返る.

Etymology

Compound of 煮え (continuative form of 煮える 'to boil') + くり返る (emphatic variant of 返る 'to turn over, to churn'). The くり element adds a sense of violent repetition.