蒸
蒸

steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty

13 strokesFrequency 1,552JLPT N2Grade 6

On

ジョウセイ

Kun

む.すむ.れるむ.らす

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蒸発じょうはつNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #11263
1

evaporation

Examples
露は太陽が昇ると蒸発した。
The dew evaporated when the sun rose.
2

Colloquial

disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace

Examples
聞きましたわよ。ご両親が借金を残して蒸発したそうですわね。
I've heard about it. Your parents disappeared, running out on their debt didn't they?
蒸気蒸汽じょうきNounFreq #12366
1

steam; vapour; vapor

Examples
そのエンジンは蒸気で動く。
The engine is driven by steam.
2

Abbreviation

steamboat; steam locomotive

蒸すむすGodan verbFreq #12798
1

Transitive verb

to steam (food, towel, etc.)

2

Intransitive verb

to be hot and humid; to be sultry

蒸し返す蒸返すむしかえすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #19068
1

to reheat; to steam over

Examples
そのコラムニストは古い醜聞を蒸し返した。
The columnist raked up some old gossip.
2

to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up; to rehash

蒸し暑いむし暑い蒸暑いむしあつい～い Adj.Freq #19169
1

humid; sultry

Examples
その晩はとてもむし暑かった。
It was very sultry that night.
水蒸気すいじょうきNounFreq #19929
1

water vapour; water vapor; steam

Examples
熱は水を水蒸気に変える。
Heat turns water into steam.
蒸れるむれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #32506
1

to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice)

2

to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close; to become sweaty; to feel sticky; to moulder

蒸留酒じょうりゅうしゅNounFreq #38322
1

distilled liquor; spirits

Examples
父は蒸留酒は飲まない。
My father drinks no spirits.
蒸し焼き蒸焼き蒸し焼蒸焼むしやきNounFreq #41717
1

baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

蒸留蒸溜じょうりゅう蒸餾NounTransitive～する VerbFreq #44151
1

distillation

Examples
コールタールを蒸留して得られる成分名は下表の通りである。
The components obtained by distillation of coal tar are as shown below.
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