温める

• 読み: あたためる
• ローマ字: atatameru
• 漢字の分解: 温 (atata) — warm (氵 = water + 日 = sun)
• 発音: /a.ta.ta.me.ɾɯ/

意味

To warm up; to heat up. To raise the temperature of food, drinks, or objects.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb for heating or warming something. Essential in cooking for reheating food and warming drinks. Convenience store staff commonly ask お温めしますか (Shall I heat this up?) when you buy a bento. The related intransitive form is 温まる (to become warm).

例文

1. お弁当を電子レンジで温めました。
2. 牛乳を少し温めてから飲みます。
3. 冷めたスープをもう一度温めてください。

使い方ガイド

場面: cooking, convenience stores, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From the kanji 温 (warm), which combines 氵 (water), 日 (sun), and 皿 (dish). Evokes the image of water warmed by the sun. The める ending marks it as a transitive verb.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal