Scorching and impatience with 焦
The kanji 焦 has a few meanings related to heat and burning:
- physical scorching (blackening with heat)
- impatience or irritated agitation (being inwardly burned with impatience)
- longing (burning with longing)
Etymology
This kanji isa phono-semantic compound comprised of 火 (fire) as the semantic component and 隹 (abbreviated from 雥) as the phonetic component (ショウ).
Scorching
焦げる (To burn)
焦げる is for food or another thing to turn black or brown from too much heat.
Masaki’s dream job making coffee turns out to be nothing like he expected, as he’s put to work sorting out good beans from bad. When he finally has the chance to roast beans, he’s eager to use the fancy roasting machine, but he’s instead given a handheld coffee roaster to hold over a portable stove’s flame.
- エゾリスＡ:
- 「ほらほら ちゃんと揺すらないと〜」
- “Come on, come on. You have to shake it properly.”
- エゾリスＢ:
- 「一部だけ焦げちゃうわよ〜」
- “Parts of it might get burnt.”
- マサキ:
- 「うるさいなあ」
- “Hush up!”
Agitation
焦る (To be in a hurry)
焦る is to get flustered and rush because things are not going as planned.
After transferring schools, Daigo tries to become friends with everyone. However, Makoto repeatedly ignores Daigo before finally saying not to talk to him. The other classmates tell Daigo not to bother with Makoto.
- 大五:
- 「まだまだこっから…！」
- “There's still a long way to go.”
- 「焦ったらあかん」
- “If I hurry it's no good.”