chopping into chunks; rough cutting
A cooking technique where vegetables are cut into irregular, bite-sized chunks, often used for stews and simmered dishes.
大根を乱切りにして、おでんに入れます。
Cut the daikon radish into chunks and put it in the oden.
乱
Simmer the roughly chopped vegetables in a pot.
Compound of 乱 (ran, 'disorderly, rough') and 切り (kiri, 'cutting'), referring to the irregular, random-looking cuts.