also: いのししなべ
boar hot pot; boar stew
A Japanese hot pot dish featuring wild boar meat, often cooked with vegetables and miso or soy-based broth. Similar to 牡丹鍋 (botan-nabe), which is another name for boar hot pot.
See also: 牡丹鍋
In winter, boar hot pot is often eaten in mountainous areas.
A miso-based broth goes well with boar hot pot.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading いのししなべ is restricted to this form.
Alternate spelling using しし for boar; read ししなべ.
Rare variant using 獣; read ししなべ.
Compound of 猪 (wild boar) or しし (boar) and 鍋 (pot, hot pot). The reading いのししなべ is straightforward; ししなべ uses the older or dialectal reading しし for boar.