How to say "boiling" in Japanese

• 沸騰ふっとうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe physical process: a liquid reaching its boiling point and bubbling or seething. This is the common word for water coming to a boil in a pot or kettle.
  水みずは摂氏せっし100度どで沸騰ふっとうする。↗

  Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius.
• ボイル
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA loanword meaning to boil something, used in cooking. It is not used for a liquid simply boiling of its own accord.
• 茹でゆで
  noun, noun (prefix), noun (suffix)Boiling as a cooking method: food boiled in water, such as vegetables or eggs. It names the cooking process rather than the physical phenomenon of a liquid boiling.
• 湯煮ゆに
  noun, suru verbBoiling food in hot water. A rare, marginal word that is seldom the one you want; other cooking verbs are normally used instead.
• ボイリング
  nounA loanword for boiling as a process or phenomenon — a liquid bubbling at its boiling point — rather than a term for cooking food. It appears mainly in technical or explanatory contexts.

Use 沸騰, the common word, for a liquid boiling or seething; 「ボイル」 and 「茹で」 are cooking words for boiling food, 湯煮 is marginal, and 「ボイリング」 is a loanword for boiling as a process, not for cooking.

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• 沸騰ふっとうboiling
• ボイルboiling (something)
• 茹でゆでboiling
• 湯煮ゆにboiling (e.g. food)
• ボイリングboiling
• 沸きわきboiling
• 湯炊きゆだきboiling (esp. rice)
• 煮にboiling