Translation guide
This entry covers how to describe root vegetables cooked in broth, a common Japanese home-cooking technique. The focus is on simmered dishes where vegetables absorb savory broth.
根菜の煮物
root vegetables boiled in broth
To describe root vegetables that have been gently boiled in a soy-based or dashi broth until tender and flavorful.
A general term for simmered dishes, often including root vegetables. It implies ingredients cooked in a seasoned broth.
今日の煮物は大根と人参です。
Today's simmered dish is daikon and carrot.
Specifically 'simmered root vegetables'. This is the most direct and natural way to say 'root vegetables boiled in broth'.
根菜の煮物は体が温まります。
Simmered root vegetables warm you up.
A broader term for simmered vegetables. Use when the dish includes root vegetables but may also contain other vegetables.
野菜の煮物を作りました。
I made simmered vegetables.
Literally 'mother's taste', referring to comforting home-cooked dishes, often including simmered root vegetables. Use to evoke nostalgia.
根菜の煮物はおふくろの味です。
Simmered root vegetables taste like mom's home cooking.
To specify that the broth is dashi-based, a fundamental Japanese stock.
Directly states 'root vegetables simmered in dashi'. Clear and accurate for dashi-based dishes.
だしで煮た根菜は優しい味がします。
Root vegetables simmered in dashi have a gentle flavor.
Refers to ingredients in oden, a hot pot dish with various items including root vegetables simmered in a light, soy-flavored dashi broth.
おでんの具に大根を入れます。
I put daikon in the oden ingredients.
To describe the common flavor profile of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar used in simmered dishes.
Means 'root vegetables simmered in a sweet and salty sauce'. Captures the typical seasoning.
甘辛く煮た根菜がご飯に合います。
Sweet and savory simmered root vegetables go well with rice.
A traditional dish of vegetables (often root vegetables) simmered in a sweet soy-based broth until the liquid is almost gone. Common in home cooking.
祖母の煮しめは絶品です。
My grandmother's nishime is exquisite.
Typical root vegetables used include daikon (大根), carrot (人参), burdock root (ごぼう), taro (里芋), and lotus root (れんこん).
煮物 is a broad term for any simmered dish, while 煮しめ specifically refers to vegetables simmered until the broth is mostly absorbed, often served at room temperature.
根菜の煮物が大好きです。
I love root vegetables boiled in broth.
この店はおいしい根菜の煮物を出します。
This restaurant serves delicious root vegetables boiled in broth.