沸かします（わかします、wakashimasu）
- to boil

The Japanese verb 沸かします沸かします means "to boil," "to heat (water)," or "to bring to a boil." It implies the act of applying heat to a liquid, usually water, to raise its temperature until it reaches boiling point or a desired high temperature. It can also refer to heating up other things, such as bath water or a specific food item. It signifies an action and implies an intentional heating process.

⚫︎お湯を沸かします Translation: I'll boil the water. ⚫︎お風呂の水を沸かします Translation: I'll heat up the bath water. ⚫︎ラーメンのスープを沸かします Translation: I'll boil the ramen soup.

⚫︎You would use 沸かします沸かします when you are speaking about the act of heating something to a boiling or high temperature. ⚫︎It's common in contexts like cooking, preparing a bath, or making hot beverages. ⚫︎It's important to note the subject of the sentence, who or what is doing the "boiling," is usually the speaker or a designated person. ⚫︎Remember to consider the context to specify what you are boiling (water, soup, bath water, etc.)

⚫︎The base form of the verb is 沸かす (wakasu). ⚫︎The polite form, 沸かします沸かします, is created by adding the polite suffix ます (masu). ⚫︎The kanji form is 沸かします沸かします. ⚫︎The hiragana form is わかしますわかします. ⚫︎The okurigana (suffix hiragana) is always します.

There aren't many direct synonyms for 沸かします沸かします, which directly capture the meaning of "to boil" or "to heat up (water)" in the same way. However, depending on context, you could use related verbs such as: ⚫︎熱する (nessuru): to heat up, to warm up. (More general) ⚫︎煮る (niru): to boil, to simmer (used for cooking food).

⚫︎冷ます (samasu): to cool down. ⚫︎冷やす (hiyasu): to cool, to chill.

朝、コーヒーを飲むために、お湯を沸かします ・Translation: In the morning, I boil water to drink coffee. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the action of heating water (お湯) for a specific purpose, drinking coffee.

シャワーを浴びる前に、お風呂の水を沸かします。 ・Translation: Before taking a shower, I heat up the bath water. ・Explanation: This sentence explains the action of boiling the bath water before taking a shower.

The verb 沸かす (wakasu) is composed of the kanji 沸 (wa) which means "to boil" or "to bubble up" and the suffix す (su), which often makes verbs transitive (meaning it takes a direct object). The root word 沸 originated from a description of water "bubbling" or "boiling" due to heat.