tuna and green onion hot pot
A simple one-pot dish of tuna and spring onions simmered together, often seasoned with soy sauce or miso. The name is a contraction of ねぎ (green onion) and まぐろ (tuna).
On cold nights, I crave a tuna and green onion hot pot.
Negima is a simple dish of simmered tuna and long green onions.
negima nabe; tuna and green onion hot pot
Usually written in kana; the kanji form 葱鮪 is rare and mainly decorative.
Kanji spelling is uncommon; learners will almost always encounter the kana form.
A contraction of 葱 and 鮪: the initial syllable of まぐろ remains in the name of the dish combining tuna with green onion.