Translation guide
A dish of slowly simmered meat, vegetables, or other ingredients in liquid. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through specific dish names, cooking methods, and related terms.
A thick, often flour-thickened stew with meat and vegetables, typically served with rice or bread.
The most common word for Western-style stew, especially cream or tomato-based stews. Often served with rice.
I'll make cream stew tonight.
I want to eat beef stew.
A general term for simmered dishes, often used in compound names for stew-like foods.
This stewed dish takes time.
A traditional Japanese dish where ingredients are simmered in a seasoned broth, often soy sauce-based.
A broad category of Japanese simmered dishes, often featuring vegetables, fish, or meat in a soy-based broth.
Today's simmered dish is daikon and chicken.
A specific type of Japanese stew with various ingredients like fish cakes, daikon, and eggs simmered in a light soy broth. Often eaten in winter.
A classic chicken and vegetable stew from Kyushu, simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
The action of cooking something slowly in liquid.
To stew or simmer thoroughly, often for a long time to blend flavors.
Please stew the meat until it becomes tender.
To boil or simmer, a general cooking term. Less specific than 煮込む.
To simmer on low heat, emphasizing the gentle cooking process.
Curry becomes delicious when simmered on low heat.
シチュー refers specifically to Western-style stews, often creamy or tomato-based. 煮物 is a broad category of Japanese simmered dishes, typically seasoned with soy sauce, mirin, and dashi. Use シチュー for dishes like beef stew or cream stew, and 煮物 for traditional Japanese simmered foods.
Bread goes well with stew.
Simmered dishes are a staple of Japanese cuisine.
The English word 'stew' covers many dishes, but in Japanese, you need to specify the type. Using シチュー for a Japanese simmered dish like おでん would be incorrect. Always consider the dish's origin and seasoning.
Oden is delicious on cold days.
筑前煮はおせち料理にも入っています。
Chikuzen-ni is also included in New Year's dishes.
I simmer vegetables to make soup.