Translation guide
To cook small pieces of food quickly in hot oil while stirring. In Japanese, this is most commonly expressed with the verb 炒める (itameru), but other expressions exist depending on context.
To cook food by quickly frying in a small amount of very hot oil while stirring continuously.
The standard verb for stir-frying. Used for meat, vegetables, etc.
I stir-fry vegetables.
Literally 'do stir-fried food'. Used when talking about making a stir-fry dish.
Let's make a stir-fry today.
Means to roast or pan-fry without oil, or with very little oil, often for seeds or grains. Not exactly stir-fry, but sometimes translated as such.
A dish made by stir-frying ingredients.
A general term for any stir-fried dish.
Stir-frying uses a small amount of oil and constant stirring. Deep-frying (揚げる, あげる) uses a lot of oil and is a different technique.
I deep-fry chicken.
Please stir-fry the meat and green peppers.
I roast sesame seeds.
This stir-fry is delicious.
Stir-fried vegetables. A common specific dish.
I'll have the stir-fried vegetable set meal.