oden; Japanese hot pot stew
A winter comfort food: various ingredients simmered in a soy-flavored dashi broth. Common ingredients include daikon, boiled eggs, konnyaku, chikuwa, and potatoes.
On cold days, I crave oden.
Convenience store oden is a winter staple.
My mother simmered oden in a big pot.
I added an egg to the oden.
On cold days, many people buy oden at convenience stores.
I warmed up the leftover oden and ate it.
Almost always written in kana; the kanji forms 御田 and お田 are rare.
Rare kanji spelling; may be seen in traditional or literary contexts.
Rare kanji spelling; the honorific prefix お is written in kanji.
Originally from 田楽 (でんがく), a grilled tofu dish; the name later shifted to おでん for the simmered version. The honorific prefix お was added, and the word became fixed in its current form.