常じょう夜や鍋なべ

also: じょうよなべ · とこやなべ

Meanings

pork and spinach hot pot

A nabe dish similar to shabu-shabu, typically featuring thinly sliced pork and spinach simmered in a light broth. Often eaten with ponzu or sesame dipping sauce.

今こん夜やは常じょう夜や鍋なべにしよう。
Let's have pork and spinach hot pot tonight.
常じょう夜や鍋なべは豚ぶた肉にくとほうれん草そうがたっぷり入はいっている。
Jōya-nabe is loaded with pork and spinach.

Kanji

常usual, ordinary, normal
夜night, evening
鍋pot, pan, kettle

Related words

しゃぶしゃぶ
Shabu-shabu is a more general hot pot where thinly sliced meat (often beef) and vegetables are swished in broth, while 常夜鍋 specifically refers to a pork and spinach version.
鍋なべ物もの
鍋物 is the broad category of Japanese hot pot dishes; 常夜鍋 is one specific type.

Written forms

常夜鍋
- じょうやなべ
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common reading is じょうやなべ.
- じょうよなべ
  Alternate reading; less common than じょうやなべ.
- とこやなべ
  Rare reading; may be encountered in some regional or older contexts.
とこやなべ
じょうよなべ

Etymology

常夜鍋 is traditionally explained as a hot pot so agreeable that one could eat it every night without tiring of it; 常夜 here evokes repeated nightly eating.