Translation guide
A padded glove or cloth used to handle hot items from an oven. In Japanese, this is most commonly expressed with specific compound words or descriptive phrases.
オーブンミトン
oven mitt
The padded glove or cloth used to take hot things out of an oven.
The most direct and common loanword from English. Widely understood, especially in cooking contexts.
オーブンミトンを使って、熱い天板を取り出してください。
Please use an oven mitt to take out the hot baking sheet.
Literally 'pot grabber'. A general term for a cloth or mitt used to handle hot pots and pans. Can refer to oven mitts as well as square pot holders.
Shortened form of 'oven mitt'. Common in casual speech, but can also refer to fingerless gloves or winter mittens, so context is important.
Literally 'gloves for oven use'. More descriptive and less common, but clearly understood.
オーブン用手袋をはめて、グラタンを取り出した。
I put on oven gloves and took out the gratin.
鍋つかみがないと、熱い鍋を持てません。
I can't hold the hot pot without a pot holder.
That oven mitt is cute. Where did you buy it?