dressed dish; food dressed with sauce
A Japanese dish of chopped fish, shellfish, or vegetables tossed with miso, vinegar, or other sauce. Common in washoku cuisine.
Today's side dish is spinach dressed with sesame sauce.
There are various types of dressed dishes, such as vinegared miso dressing and tofu dressing.
和え物 is the general category of dishes dressed with a sauce, while 酢の物 specifically means the sauce is vinegar-based.
Standard kanji spelling; common in recipes and menus.
Simpler variant; less common but still seen.
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
Rare kanji form; 韲 is not a standard Jōyō kanji.
Formed from the nominal stem of 和える “to dress or mix food with a sauce or seasoning” and 物 “thing, dish.”