Translation guide
A communal dish where ingredients are cooked in a simmering pot of broth at the table. In Japanese, this is most commonly called 鍋 (nabe) or 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri). There are many regional and seasonal varieties.
Referring to the dish in general, or suggesting having hot pot.
The most common and casual word for hot pot. Can refer to the dish or the pot itself.
今夜は鍋にしよう。
Let's have hot pot tonight.
Hot pot is the best in winter, isn't it?
A slightly more formal term for hot pot dishes, literally 'pot cuisine'.
There is a wide variety of Japanese hot pot dishes.
Polite prefix added to 鍋, often used by women or in polite conversation.
How about having hot pot tonight?
Naming a particular variety of hot pot.
A common style where various ingredients (seafood, meat, vegetables) are simmered together in a seasoned broth.
What do you put in yosenabe?
A well-known hot pot with thinly sliced beef, vegetables, and a sweet soy sauce-based broth. Often dipped in raw beaten egg.
Thinly sliced meat and vegetables swished in a mild kombu broth, then dipped in ponzu or sesame sauce.
Hearty hot pot famously eaten by sumo wrestlers, often with chicken, vegetables, and a rich broth.
Hot pot made with beef or pork offal, often in a soy or miso broth with garlic and chives.
Chicken hot pot with a simple water-based broth, often served with ponzu dipping sauce.
A Hokkaido specialty with salmon and vegetables in a miso-based broth.
Referring to the physical pot used for hot pot.
In Japan, hot pot is often enjoyed as a group meal, with everyone cooking and eating from the same pot. It's common to say 「鍋を囲む」 (なべを かこむ) meaning 'to gather around a hot pot'.
おでん (oden) is a simmered dish with various ingredients in a soy-flavored broth, but it's usually kept warm and served from a large pot rather than cooked at the table. It's not typically called 'hot pot' in English, though it shares similarities.
すき焼きは牛肉を使います。
Sukiyaki uses beef.
しゃぶしゃぶはあっさりしていて美味しい。
Shabu-shabu is light and delicious.
ちゃんこ鍋は力士の食事として有名です。
Chanko nabe is famous as a sumo wrestler's meal.
Motsunabe is a specialty of Fukuoka.
水炊きは鶏肉の旨味がスープに出ます。
In mizutaki, the chicken flavor comes out in the broth.
Ishikari nabe is a local dish of Hokkaido.
It tastes better when made in an earthenware pot.