Let’s learn Japanese kanji 鍋 !

今回の漢字は『鍋』です。

鍋 - なべ saucepan, pot 🍲

鍋物 - なべもの stew, food cooked in the pot

鍋パ - なべパ house gathering where meat and vegetables are being cooked in 鍋 pot on the table (short for 鍋パーティー)

中華鍋 - ちゅうかなべ wok (lit. Chinese pot)

土鍋 - どなべ earthenware

※ 鶴鍋 - つるなべ type of a traditional Japanese pot with bucket-like handle

 

Japanese proverb 諺:

破れ鍋に綴じ蓋 - われなべにとじぶた Two of a kind. / Two peas in the pod.

This proverb describes two people who may not be necessarily alike (as if they came from a different sets of ‘pots’, or somehow got ‘damaged’ and separated from their original counterparts along the way), but are a surprisingly good match and compliment each other very well.

(lit. A repaired lid on a broken pot.)

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