温める

あたためる · atatameru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to warm

🔥🍲 温 = warm; atataKAI (warm) becomes atataMERU (to make warm)

The kanji 温 means warm, as in 温泉 onsen (hot spring). Learn it as a pair with the adjective 温かい atatakai, warm: swap -kai for -meru and you get the verb, to make something warm. Say it aloud: a-ta-ta, a little stutter of heat.

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