煮える

• Reading: にえる
• Romaji: nieru
• Kanji breakdown: 煮 (sha/ni) — boil, cook, simmer
• Pronunciation: /ni.e.ɾɯ/

Meaning

To boil; to be cooked by simmering. Food becoming ready through heat in liquid.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb conjugated by dropping る (煮えない, 煮えます). The intransitive pair of 煮る (to cook/boil something). Used when food is being cooked in liquid: 野菜が煮えた (the vegetables are cooked). Also appears in the idiom 煮えたぎる (to seethe) and 業を煮やす (to lose patience). Common in Japanese home cooking where simmered dishes (煮物) are a staple.

Examples

1. 大根がやわらかく煮えるまで待ってください。 Please wait until the daikon radish is cooked through and tender.
2. カレーの野菜がまだ煮えていないようだ。 It seems like the vegetables in the curry aren't cooked yet.
3. お鍋の中のお肉がちょうどよく煮えた。 The meat in the pot was simmered to perfection.

Usage Guide

Context: cooking, home life, recipes

Tone: neutral

Origin & History

The kanji 煮 combines 者 (person, here phonetic) and 灬 (fire at the bottom), depicting cooking over a flame — boiling or simmering food.

Cultural Context

Era: Classical

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal