鍋
Meanings
1
General term for a cooking pot or pan, including saucepans and deep pots. Used for boiling, stewing, and simmering.
Please boil water in the pot.
This pan is hard to burn things in.
2
abbreviationfood / cooking
Abbreviation of 鍋料理 (nabe ryouri). Refers to a Japanese-style hot pot dish where ingredients are cooked in a communal pot at the table. Often used as a suffix in names of specific hot pot dishes (e.g., 寄せ鍋, ちゃんこ鍋).
See also: 鍋料理
Let's have hot pot tonight.
On cold days, I crave yosenabe.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉を鍋で煮るto boil/simmer something in a pot
I boiled the vegetables in a pot.
- 鍋をするto have a hot pot meal
We're planning to have hot pot with the family tonight.
- 鍋を火にかけるto put a pot on the stove/heat
I put the pot on the stove and warmed up the soup.
- 鍋を囲むto sit around a hot pot together (eating from the same pot)
We all sat around the hot pot and had a great conversation.
Expressions
- 割れ鍋に綴じ蓋every Jack has his Jill; there is a lid for every pot