小鍋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	鍋
こ Grade: 1	なべ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 小 (ko, “small”) +‎ 鍋 (nabe, “pot, pan”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こなべ [kònábé] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ko̞na̠be̞]

Noun

小(こ)鍋(なべ) • (konabe)

a small pot
a small pan

Usage notes

The term 鍋 (nabe) refers to either a pot (that tends to be taller and deeper) or a pan (that tends to be shallower and broader). See the 鍋 entry for more details.

Derived terms

小鍋立(こなべだ)て (konabedate): simple one-pot cooking

Idioms

小鍋(こなべ)は直(じき)に熱(あつ)くなる (konabe wa jiki ni atsuku naru): “a small pot gets hot quickly” → smaller things tend to reach their limits more quickly

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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