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焼ける
yakeru
Description
「焼ける」は、火や熱で物が焼かれるときに使う言葉です。
"焼ける" is used when something is being cooked or burned by fire or heat.
パンやお肉が焼けたり、日に当たって肌が焼けたりするときにも使います。
It is also used when bread or meat is cooked, or when skin gets sunburned.
Meanings
焼けるyakeru
to be cooked, grilled, or baked
パンがおいしそうに焼けたよ。
The bread baked looking delicious.
焼けるyakeru
to burn; to be destroyed by fire
火事で家が焼けてしまった。
The house burned down in the fire.
焼けるyakeru
to get sunburned or tanned
夏に海で肌がよく焼ける。
In summer, your skin tans well at the beach.
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Notes
- Form
焼ける is the intransitive counterpart of transitive 焼く (to burn/cook something).
- Nuance
use 焼ける for the result/state; 焼く when someone actively cooks or burns.
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