ちゃんこ鍋

Japanese

Kanji in this term
鍋
なべ
Grade: S

Etymology

Uncertain. Theories include ちゃん (-chan), suffix to the name of the cook, or Mandarin 鏟鍋 / 铲锅 (chǎnguō, “metal pot”), plus 鍋(なべ) (nabe, “food cooked in a pot”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕã̠ŋko̞na̠be̞]

Noun

ちゃんこ鍋(なべ) • (chankonabe) 

  1. (sumo) chankonabe; a stew of meat, seafood and vegetables eaten by sumo rikishi

References

  1. ^ “ちゃんこ鍋”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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