Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 煎る · godan verb (-ru)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 煎い る 煎い らない Polite 煎い ります 煎い りません Past polite 煎い りました 煎い りませんでした Past 煎い った 煎い らなかった Te-form 煎い って 煎い らないで Desire 煎い りたい 煎い りたくない Potential 煎い れる 煎い れない Passive 煎い られる 煎い られない Causative 煎い らせる 煎い らせない Causative passive 煎い らせられる also 煎い らされる 煎い らせられない also 煎い らされない Volitional 煎い ろう Polite volitional 煎い りましょう Imperative 煎い れ 煎い るな Conditional 煎い れば 煎い らなければ Tara conditional 煎い ったら 煎い らなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 煎い る to dry-roast something (beans, sesame seeds, tea leaves, etc.) in a pan without oil
When you dry-roast sesame seeds in a pan, they release a fragrant aroma.
弱よわ 火び で 〈 物もの 〉 を 煎い る to dry-roast something slowly over low heat
I slowly dry-roasted the soybeans over low heat.
Related words 焼く covers baking, grilling, broiling, or burning in general, while 煎る is limited to dry-roasting or parching ingredients like beans or seeds in a pan without oil.
炒める means to stir-fry with oil, whereas 煎る is dry-roasting with no oil at all.
Don't confuse with 要る (to need) is a completely unrelated homophone of 煎る (to dry-roast) that beginners often mix up when they hear いる .
居る (to be, to exist) shares the same いる sound as 煎る (to dry-roast) but has a totally different meaning, so context is essential.
煎る (to roast or parch, e.g. beans or tea leaves) is pronounced identically to 鋳る but refers to dry-heating food, not casting metal.
Word family· 8 scrambled eggs
small dried sardine; iriko
roasted rice broth; roasted rice soup
simmering after frying
parched rice; roasted rice
Show 3 more Show fewer 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.
Etymology Native Japanese verb. The kanji 炒 , 煎 , and 熬 all convey roasting or parching, with 煎 being the most common modern form.
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