Stewed greenbeans with 煮込む

Vocabulary Explanation: Words ending in 込む

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As part of their training, Akari, Aika, and Alice prepare a meal and host a large dinner.

暁(あかつき):: 「これは何(なん)の料理(りょうり)だ？」; “What dish is this?”
灯里(あかり):: 「家鴨(アヒル)のローストと煮(に)込(こ)んだインゲン豆(まめ)です」; “It's roast duck and stewed green beans.”

Key Points

1煮(に)込(こ)む = to stew or simmer food until it softens

With 煮(に)る, a cook boils or simmers food. With 煮(に)込(こ)む, the cook keeps the food in simmering liquid to soften it and build flavor.

2Akari puts 煮(に)込(こ)んだ before インゲン豆(まめ)

For a verb ending in む, the plain past is formed by changing む to んだ: 煮(に)込(こ)む → 煮(に)込(こ)んだ.
Akari uses 「煮(に)込(こ)んだインゲン豆(まめ)」 to mean “green beans that [we] stewed.”

3Akari joins the two foods with と

Akari answers with ⒶとⒷです: 「家鴨(アヒル)のロースト」 is Ⓐ, and 「煮(に)込(こ)んだインゲン豆(まめ)」 is Ⓑ.

4です and だ

Both forms work as the copula “is”. Akari closes her answer with a polite です, while Akatsuki closes his question with a casual だ.

5Katakana アヒル is common for this animal name

You may also see hiragana あひる or the kanji 家鴨(あひる).

See Also

External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ

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