加熱

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 加熱 is read as かねつ and means heating food or material by applying heat to raise its temperature.
• Basic usage: Use スープが沸騰するまで加熱する for heating soup until it boils and 一定の温度まで加熱する for heating something to a set temperature.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference between 加熱 and 保温
  • The former raises temperature by adding heat, whereas the latter keeps something at an already warm temperature.