Japanese with Manga

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.

Vocabulary

(Cuisine)

料理(りょうり) means cooking, cuisine, or a dish. It can refer to making food or to the food you make.

(Bean)

豆(まめ) means a bean or pea, especially one used as food.

See Also

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