煮える|にえるnieru[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be boiled; to be cooked
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 煮える（にえる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 煮えます（にえます） |
| Negative (nai) | 煮えない（にえない） |
| polite (masen) | 煮えません（にえません） |
| classical zu / nu | 煮えず・煮えぬ（にえず・にえぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 煮えた（にえた） |
| polite (mashita) | 煮えました（にえました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 煮えなかった（にえなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 煮えませんでした（にえませんでした） |
| Te form | 煮えて（にえて） |
| Potential | 煮えられる（にえられる） |
| Passive | 煮えられる（にえられる） |
| Causative | 煮えさせる（にえさせる） |
| Causative passive | 煮えさせられる（にえさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 煮えれば（にえれば） |
| tara | 煮えたら（にえたら） |
| Volitional | 煮えよう（にえよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 煮えましょう（にえましょう） |
| Imperative | 煮えろ（にえろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
肉が煮える
肉を煮る
煮える is intransitive and focuses on the food undergoing cooking, as in 肉が煮える; 煮る is transitive and focuses on someone cooking the food, as in 肉を煮る.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym煮立つにたつNeutralIntransitive: a liquid or pot comes to a bubbling boil, as in 「煮立ったら火を弱める」; typical of recipes.
- Related沸騰ふっとうNeutralA noun (suru verb) for boiling, as in 「水が沸騰する」, or for debate and public opinion heating up, as in 「議論が沸騰」.
- Related沸くわくNeutralWater coming to a boil or bathwater heating, as in 「お湯が沸く」; also a crowd getting worked up.
- Related煮えくり返るにえくりかえるNeutralRolling, churning boil; mostly figurative for seething anger, as in 「腸が煮えくり返る」. Colloquial.
- Related煮えたぎるにえたぎるNeutralBoil violently, at a rolling boil, as in 「煮えたぎる湯」; also figurative for emotions running high.
- Related煮え立つにえたつNeutralCome to a bubbling boil, as in 「鍋が煮え立つ」; also used of seething rage. Unlike 「煮える」, it is about boiling, not doneness.
- Related煮え返るにえかえるNeutralBoil or seethe, often with anger; close in sense to 「煮えくり返る」.
- Antonym生煮えなまにえNeutralHalf-cooked, underdone; the opposite of 「煮える」's sense of being cooked through.
Use 「煮える」 for food cooked through, as in 「芋がよく煮えた」. For water coming to a boil say 「沸く」; when a pot or broth comes to a boil in a recipe, it is 「煮立つ」; for seething with anger, 「煮えくり返る」. The opposite is 「生煮え」.
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Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
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