Illustration: In a Japanese home kitchen, a parent lifts an inverted pudding mould from a freshly set jelly. The jelly stands independently on its plate, retaining every ridge of the mould, while the child beside them leans close with delighted disbelief.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

固かたまる

katamaru

to harden, to solidify

Example sentences

  1. セメントは２、３時間じかんで固かたまる。

    The cement will set in a couple of hours.

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  2. 卵たまごの白身しろみはゆでれば固かたまります。

    You can set the white of an egg by boiling it.

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  3. ゼラチンは、冷ひえると固かたまる性質せいしつがあります。

    Gelatine has the property of setting as it cools.

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Kanji in 固

  • 固harden; setOnコKunかためる・かたまる・かたまり

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