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鍋 (なべ, nabe) Japanese meaning: pot | Kotomora
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Please boil water in the pot.
This pan is hard to burn things in.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 鍋なべ で 煮に る to boil/simmer something in a pot
I boiled the vegetables in a pot.
鍋なべ をする to have a hot pot meal
We're planning to have hot pot with the family tonight.
鍋なべ を 火ひ にかける to put a pot on the stove/heat
I put the pot on the stove and warmed up the soup.
鍋なべ を 囲かこ む to sit around a hot pot together (eating from the same pot)
We all sat around the hot pot and had a great conversation.
Expressions 割わ れ 鍋なべ に 綴と じ 蓋ぶた every Jack has his Jill; there is a lid for every pot Related words 鍋料理 is the full, formal term for a hot pot dish, while 鍋 is the common everyday abbreviation for the same thing.
釜 is a deep, often lidded iron pot traditionally used for boiling water or cooking rice, while 鍋 refers to a shallower pot or pan used for stewing, frying, or hot-pot dishes.
鍋 is the general word for any hot pot dish, whereas ちり refers specifically to the clear-broth version served with ponzu.
鍋 is the general term for hot pot dishes cooked at the table, while しゃぶしゃぶ is one specific style of 鍋 featuring thin meat swished in broth.
鍋 usually refers to a hot pot dish cooked and eaten communally at the table, while 煮込み is simmered in the kitchen beforehand and served already finished.
Word family· 82 earthenware pot; clay pot
hot pot dish; one-pot stew
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beef hot pot; sukiyaki (historical term)
Written forms 鍋なべ Usage 86%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency word.
なべ Usage 11%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially in casual contexts or when the kanji is not needed.
ナベ Usage 3%
Etymology Native Japanese word. The kanji 鍋 is a phono-semantic compound: 金 (metal) + 咼 (a phonetic component). The reading なべ is kun'yomi.
大おお 鍋なべ
