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焦げる
kogeru
Description
「焦げる」は、食べ物などが火や熱で黒くなることです。
"焦げる" means that food or something else becomes blackened by fire or heat.
料理の時に火が強すぎると、パンや肉が焦げてしまいます。
If the heat is too strong during cooking, bread or meat will 焦げる.
Meanings
焦げるkogeru
to burn, get scorched or charred
魚が焦げて黒くなった。
The fish got burnt and turned black.
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Notes
- Nuance
焦げる is intransitive (something burns); the transitive pair 焦がす means someone burns something.
- Etymology
shares the kanji 焦 with 焦がす (transitive) and 焦る (to be impatient).
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