お鍋なべ

noun

pot; pan

Polite form of 鍋; used when speaking politely about a cooking pot or pan.

See also: 鍋

• お鍋なべに野や菜さいを入いれて煮にてください。

  Please put the vegetables in the pot and simmer them.

noun

transgender man (FTM); butch lesbian; female transvestite

Slang, often derogatory; used in LGBTQ+ and subcultural contexts. Usually written in kana.

• 彼かれはおなべとして生いきている。

  He lives as a transgender man.

• あの人ひとはおなべだって聞きいたよ。

  I heard that person is a butch lesbian.

noun

maidservant; housemaid

Archaic; originally used as a name for female servants in Edo-period literature.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの小しょう説せつには、おなべという女じょ中ちゅうがよく登とう場じょうする。

  In Edo-period novels, a maidservant called おなべ often appears.

noun

night work

Archaic; rare historical usage referring to night work.

• 古こ文もん書じょには「おなべ」を夜よるの仕し事ごとの意い味みで使つかった例れいがある。

  There are examples in old documents where おなべ is used to mean night work.