焦げ付く

こげつく

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Intransitive to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan)
2. to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable
3. to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)

Kanji

• 焦 scorch. Read as こげる.
• 付 attach. Read as つく.

Example sentences

• 鍋を焦げつかせるな。
  Don't let the pan boil dry.
• なべを焦げ付かせてはだめだよ。
  Don't let the pan boil dry.

Words containing 焦げ付く

• 焦げ付き融資 (こげつきゆうし) uncollectible loan

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