煮詰める

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 煮詰める is read につめる and is a transitive verb for reducing liquid by cooking off moisture.
• Basic usage: In 鍋のソースを弱火で半分まで煮詰めた。, the sauce is reduced over low heat until half its original amount remains.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Cooking and refining details
  • With ソースを as its object, the verb means reducing a sauce. In 計画の細部を煮詰める, it figuratively means working through and refining the details of a plan.