沸かす (わかす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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沸かす · godan verb (-su)

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

Transitive verb for heating water or other liquids to boiling, or for preparing hot drinks and baths. Common collocations: お湯を沸かす, 風呂を沸かす, コーヒーを沸かす.

沸わくN4sense 1
沸く is the intransitive form describing water heating up on its own, while 沸かす is the transitive form describing someone heating it.

焚たくN2sense 1
焚く is used especially for heating a bath (風呂を焚く) by burning fuel, while 沸かす is the general word for heating any liquid to a boil.
煽あおるN1sense 2
煽る means to incite or fan up emotions (often with negative intent), while 沸かす in its figurative sense means to excite or rouse enthusiasm more neutrally.
温あたためるN3sense 1
温める just means to warm something up without necessarily reaching a boil, whereas 沸かす specifically means to bring a liquid to boiling point.
茹ゆでるN3
沸かす means to bring water itself to a boil, whereas 茹でる means to boil something (like food) in that water.
熱ねっするN3
沸かす specifically means to bring a liquid to a boil, whereas 熱する is a more general term for applying heat to any substance.

冷ひやすN4sense 1
冷やす means to cool a liquid down, the opposite action of 沸かす, which means to heat it up.

煮にるN3sense 1
煮る means to simmer food in liquid, while 沸かす means to heat the liquid itself, so they describe different actions despite both involving heat and water.
湧わかす sense 2
湧かす (from 湧く) means to cause something like a feeling or spring water to well up, while 沸かす (from 沸く) means to bring a liquid to a boil, and the two are easily confused since both are pronounced わかす.

Derived from the intransitive verb 沸く (わく, 'to boil') with the transitive/causative suffix す, forming a godan verb meaning 'to make boil'.