noun
simmered dish; food cooked by boiling or stewing
A broad category of Japanese dishes where ingredients are simmered in seasoned broth. Common in home cooking and traditional cuisine.
今日の夕食は、肉じゃがと大根の煮物です。
Tonight's dinner is nikujaga and simmered daikon.
祖母の作る煮物は、味がしみていてとてもおいしい。
The simmered dishes my grandmother makes are deeply flavored and very delicious.
Compound of 煮 (ni, 'simmering', the continuative form of 煮る) + 物 (mono, 'thing'). Literally 'simmered thing'.