泡立てる

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 泡立てる (あわだてる) joins foam 泡 and causative making 立てる to form a transitive verb.
• Basic usage: It describes whipping egg whites or working soap into a lather.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Making foam rather than becoming foamy
  • 泡立てる takes the material being whipped or lathered as its object and presents an agent causing the foam.