boil down

Verb

intransitive transitive

(transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling. / (intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

Japanese Meaning

液体を煮詰めることによって、体積や量を減らす / （情報、議論などが）核心や本質的な部分に凝縮される、要約される

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Leave the tomato sauce simmering for an hour to boil down until it's thick and concentrated.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

トマトソースを弱火で1時間ほど煮て、濃厚になるまで煮詰めてください。

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Sense（1）

(transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling.

He boiled the soup down so it wouldn't be so weak.

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Sense（2）

(intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

So what this boils down to is that you still owe me that fifty bucks.

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Sense（3）

(transitive) To reduce (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

My dissertation is 342 pages long, and I'm required to boil it down to a one-page abstract?!

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boils down

（ present singular third-person ）

boiling down

（ participle present ）

boiled down

（ participle past ）

boiled down

（ past ）

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