Illustration: Inside a small countertop toaster oven in a Japanese apartment kitchen, a thick slice of bread has developed blackened corners and a dark scorched patch across its upper surface. A thin curl of smoke escapes near the open vent.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

焦こげる

kogeru

to burn, to get scorched

Example sentences

  1. あーあ、トーストが真まっ黒くろに焦こげてしまっているよ。

    Oh, the toast is burned black.

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  2. 魚さかなが真まっ黒くろに焦こげた。

    The fish is burnt black.

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  3. 何なにかが焦こげてる匂においがする。

    I smell something burning.

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Kanji in 焦

  • 焦char; hurryOnショウKunこげる・こがす・こがれる

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