煮沸

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 煮沸(しゃふつ) means boiling water or another liquid, or boiling items such as utensils in water.
• Basic usage: It is used for descriptions of disinfecting cooking utensils by boiling or of how to boil a container.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The order after boiling
  • 煮沸してから means after carrying out the boiling process.
  • In the first example, the items are then dried on a clean cloth.
• Reading within the word
  • Unlike in 煮る(にる), the first character of 煮沸 is read しゃ.
  • The whole word is read しゃふつ.