N21187/1725

焦こがす

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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こがす

Meanings

to burn, to scorch, to singe, to char

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Example sentences

うっかりしてトーストを焦こがしてしまった。

I carelessly burned the toast.

魚さかなを焦こがさないように、火加減ひかげんに注意ちゅういしてください。

Please be careful with the heat so you don't scorch the fish.

彼女かのじょは鍋なべの底そこを焦こがしてしまい、後始末あとしまつが大変たいへんだった。

She ended up scorching the bottom of the pot, and cleaning up afterward was a real ordeal.

強火つよびで炒いためすぎると、野菜やさいを焦こがすことがある。

If you stir-fry over high heat for too long, you can end up charring the vegetables.

料理りょうりの最中さいちゅうに電話でんわが鳴なり、気きを取とられてソースを焦こがす結果けっかとなった。

While cooking, the phone rang and I got distracted, resulting in burning the sauce.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)