沸かす
わかす
Meanings
- Godan verb, Transitive to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink)
- to excite; to rouse; to stir
Kanji
- 沸 boil. Read as わかす.
Example sentences
- お湯を少し沸かしてください。
Boil some water. - 相手チームがあまり闘志をわかしていなかったので、我々は楽勝した。
The opposing team did not put up much of a fight, so we won hands down. - トムはお湯の沸かし方も知らない。
Tom doesn't even know how to boil water. - 何を沸かしてるの？
What are you boiling? - お湯、沸かしといて。
Please boil the hot water in advance.
Common phrases
Related forms
- 沸く (わく) to grow hot (e.g. water) (intransitive partner)
Words containing 沸かす
- 瞬間湯沸かし器 (しゅんかんゆわかしき) instantaneous water heater
- 湯沸かし器 (ゆわかしき) water heater
- 沸かし湯 (わかしゆ) hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)
And 2 more.