Illustration: In a modest home kitchen, an adult tends a small earthenware pot on a gas burner. Dried leaves and sliced roots circulate in gently bubbling water, and steam rises from the uncovered rim. A shallow bamboo tray beside the stove holds more of the same dried ingredients.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

煎せんじる

senjiru

to boil herbs or tea for an infusion

Usually used with tea or medicinal herbs. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. このお茶ちゃは、１０分間ふんかん煎せんじなさい。

    Let the tea draw for ten minutes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しょうゆ・酒さけ・水みずを合あわせ、弱火よわびで煎せんじて作つくる。

    You should boil down soy sauce, sake and water together on a low flame.

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

  3. 当時とうじの茶ちゃは現代げんだいの烏龍茶うーろんちゃに似にた半発酵茶はんはっこうちゃで、必要量ひつようりょうのみを煎せんじて飲のんだと考かんがえられている。

    The tea at that time was semi-fermented tea resembling current oolong tea and it was brewed in just the right amount and drunk.

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

Kanji in 煎

  • 煎broil; parchOnセンKunせんじる・いる・にる

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