小鍋
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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小 | 鍋 |
こ Grade: 1 | なべ Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 小 (ko, “small”) + 鍋 (nabe, “pot, pan”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こなべ [kònábé] (Heiban – [0])[2]
- IPA(key): [ko̞na̠be̞]
Noun
小鍋 (hiragana こなべ, rōmaji 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
- 小鍋立て (konabedate): simple one-pot cooking
Idioms
- 小鍋は直に熱くなる (konabe wa jiki ni atsuku naru): “a small pot gets hot quickly” → smaller things tend to reach their limits more quickly
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN