Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 煮る · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 煮に る 煮に ない Polite 煮に ます 煮に ません Past polite 煮に ました 煮に ませんでした Past 煮に た 煮に なかった Te-form 煮に て 煮に ないで Desire 煮に たい 煮に たくない Potential 煮に られる also 煮に れる 煮に られない also 煮に れない Passive 煮に られる 煮に られない Causative 煮に させる 煮に させない Causative passive 煮に させられる 煮に させられない Volitional 煮に よう Polite volitional 煮に ましょう Imperative 煮に ろ 煮に るな Conditional 煮に れば 煮に なければ Tara conditional 煮に たら 煮に なかったら
Pairs with 煮える › Usage patterns 弱よわ 火び で 〈 物もの 〉 を 煮に る to simmer something on low heat
I simmered the daikon on low heat for an hour.
〈 物もの 〉 をとろとろになるまで 煮に る to simmer something until it becomes soft and tender
I simmered the vegetables until they became soft and tender.
〈 時じ 間かん 〉 煮に る to simmer for a certain amount of time
If you simmer this meat for about two hours, it becomes tender.
〈 物もの 〉 をコトコト 煮に る to gently simmer something (with a soft bubbling sound)
While gently simmering the pot, I prepared the other dishes.
Expressions 煮に え 切き らない half-cooked; vague; halfhearted; indecisive 煮に え 湯ゆ を 飲の まされる to be betrayed; to be stabbed in the back · to be given a hard time; to be brought to grief Transitive / intransitive Related words 茹でる means to boil something (like pasta or vegetables) in plain water without seasoning, while 煮る means to cook something in a seasoned liquid such as broth or sauce.
炊く usually means to cook rice, but in western Japan it can also mean to simmer food in seasoned liquid much like 煮る elsewhere in Japan.
煮る is the everyday verb for boiling or simmering food, while 煮やす is a rare, literary word specifically for cooking something until the inside is done.
煮る is the general verb for boiling or simmering something, while 煮込む specifically means to simmer it slowly for a long time until it's tender and flavorful.
Don't confuse with 似る (to resemble) is pronounced exactly like 煮る (to boil/simmer) but has a completely unrelated meaning, so learners must rely on kanji or context to distinguish them.
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.
Word family· 88 stew; hodgepodge
simmered dish; food cooked by boiling or stewing
dried sardines; niboshi
tsukudani; food simmered in sweetened soy sauce
imoni; taro and meat soup
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zōni; New Year's rice cake soup
food simmered in soy sauce
stew; simmer for a long time; boil well · cook together; stew various ingredients
be boiled; be cooked
broth; cooking liquid
hodgepodge; mixed stew; mulligan stew
boil down; reduce; concentrate · reach a conclusion; finalize a discussion
candied chestnuts; sweet-simmered chestnuts · sweet-simmered fish; fish candied in soy and sugar
cooked beans; boiled beans
cooking; preparing food by boiling and other methods
boil; be boiling hot; be on a rolling boil
simmered with; cooked with · boiling; boiled dish
parboiling; preliminary boiling
boiling whole; cooking whole
boiling in salted water
whole-fish simmering; cooking seafood whole
simmered dish in sweet soy sauce
boiled octopus dish
boiling in water; boiled food
boiling (food)
fish simmered in salted water
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Written forms 煮に る Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling for boiling, simmering, or stewing food.
にる Usage 5%
烹に る Usage 1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize but not actively use it.
Etymology The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 煮 is conventionally associated with boiling or simmering.
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