Illustration: In a compact home kitchen, a cook shakes a shallow dry pan over the stove, sending a thin layer of sesame seeds into a small tumbling wave. Some seeds remain pale while others have visibly darkened from the heat.

Beyond N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

炒いる

iru

to roast, to toast

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはコーヒー豆まめをいっている。

    He is roasting coffee beans.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 蒸むす代かわりに釜かまで炒いる加熱処理かねつしょりを用もちいる場合ばあいもある。

    Some Japanese tea is heat-treated by roasting in an iron pot instead of steaming.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 蒸むす製法せいほうは日本独特にっぽんどくとくのものであり、炒いる製法せいほうは中国茶ちゅうごくちゃに近ちかい。

    The process of steaming is seen only in Japan and the process of roasting is similar to that done with Chinese tea.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 炒

  • 炒broil; parchOnソウ・ショウKunいる・いためる

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