Kanji

煎

煎

broil, parch, roast, boil

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

13 strokes

Radical

火部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

セン

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

せんじる, いる, にる

Example sentences

煎餅 せんべい
祖母が焼いた煎餅はいつも美味しかった

The senbei my grandmother baked were always delicious.

焙煎 ばいせん
この喫茶店では、店主が自らコーヒー豆を焙煎している。

In this coffee shop, the owner roasts the coffee beans himself.

生豆 きまめ
店主は朝、仕入れた生豆を少しずつ焙煎した。

In the morning, the shop owner roasted the raw coffee beans he had bought, little by little.

煎る いる
コーヒー豆を自分で煎ると、とても良い香りがする。

When you roast your own coffee beans, they smell very good.

煎茶 せんちゃ
食事の後に、温かい煎茶を淹れて一息ついた。

After the meal, I brewed some warm sencha and took a breather.

Example Vocabulary

煎じる

せんじる

煎餅

せんべい

senbei; Japanese rice cracker

煎れる

いれる

焙煎

ばいせん

roasting (coffee beans, tea leaves, etc.)

二番煎じ

にばんせんじ

煎る

いる

to roast, to parch

湯煎

ゆせん

煎茶

せんちゃ

sencha; steeped green tea

肝煎り

きもいり

爪の垢を煎じて飲む

つめのあかをせんじてのむ

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