煎じる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 煎じる, read せんじる, uses the decocting stem 煎 in a verb for extracting by simmering.
• Basic usage: Use it for simmering herbs or similar material in water to extract their components, as in 薬草を煎じる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • It focuses on decocting by prolonged simmering rather than lightly brewing tea with 淹れる, and the material takes を.