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ゆでる

to boil (in water), to cook in hot water

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Examples

  1. 卵を五分ゆでます。

    たまごをごふんゆでます。

    I boil the eggs for five minutes.

  2. 卵は硬くゆでてください。

    たまごはかたくゆでてください。

    Boil the eggs hard.

  3. パスタは塩を入れたお湯で八分ゆでるとちょうどいい。

    パスタはしおをいれたおゆではちふんゆでるとちょうどいい。

    Pasta comes out just right if you boil it for eight minutes in salted water.

Common patterns

卵をゆでる
to boil an egg
ゆで卵
a boiled egg
たっぷりのお湯でゆでる
to boil in plenty of water

Memory tip

Three "boils": ゆでる cooks food in plain hot water, 沸かす boils the water itself, and 煮る simmers food in seasoned liquid so it takes on the flavour.

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