焼ける (Yakeru): to Become Hot (from the Sun)

Meaning

English

to become hot (from the sun)
to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
to be jealous
to be envious
to be roasted
to be thoroughly cooked
to be sunburnt
to fade (in the sun)

Reading

Kana

やける

Romaji

yakeru

Writing Variants

嫉ける やける yakeru
灼ける やける yakeru
妬ける やける yakeru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 15992 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

焼け残る

やけのこる

to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it)

焼き鳥

やきとり

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

焼き畑

やきばた

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method

Example Sentences

6

目が焼けるように痛い。

My eyes are burning.

あんたは世話の焼けるひとだね。

You're a troublesome person!

赤ん坊の世話を焼けるのが嬉しい。

I'm very happy that I can take care of the baby.

私は人の世話を焼けるほど元気ではない。

I'm not well enough to take care of others.

とても暑くて、車のボンネットで卵が焼けるよ。

It's so hot that you could cook an egg on the hood of a car.

焼けるような暑さ、ひどい寒さに耐えまったく見知らぬ人にドアをノックししたそれほど若くない人から、自発的に組織され、「人民の、人民による、人民のため政治」が決して地球上に消え去ってないことを二世紀以上後に証明した何百万人ものアメリカ人からの強さを描いた。

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

Word Meaning 焼ける