Translation guide
A dish of slowly simmered meat, vegetables, or other ingredients in liquid. In Japanese, this concept is expressed through specific dish names, cooking methods, and related terms.
A thick, often flour-thickened stew with meat and vegetables, typically served with rice or bread.
The most common word for Western-style stew, especially cream or tomato-based stews. Often served with rice.
A traditional Japanese dish where ingredients are simmered in a seasoned broth, often soy sauce-based.
A broad category of Japanese simmered dishes, often featuring vegetables, fish, or meat in a soy-based broth.
The action of cooking something slowly in liquid.
シチュー refers specifically to Western-style stews, often creamy or tomato-based. 煮物 is a broad category of Japanese simmered dishes, typically seasoned with soy sauce, mirin, and dashi. Use シチュー for dishes like beef stew or cream stew, and 煮物 for traditional Japanese simmered foods.
シチューにはパンが合います。
Bread goes well with stew.
煮物は和食の基本です。
Simmered dishes are a staple of Japanese cuisine.
The English word 'stew' covers many dishes, but in Japanese, you need to specify the type. Using シチュー for a Japanese simmered dish like おでん would be incorrect. Always consider the dish's origin and seasoning.
今夜はクリームシチューを作ります。
I'll make cream stew tonight.
ビーフシチューが食べたい。
I want to eat beef stew.
A general term for simmered dishes, often used in compound names for stew-like foods.
この煮込み料理は時間がかかります。
This stewed dish takes time.
今日の煮物は大根と鶏肉です。
Today's simmered dish is daikon and chicken.
A specific type of Japanese stew with various ingredients like fish cakes, daikon, and eggs simmered in a light soy broth. Often eaten in winter.
寒い日はおでんがおいしい。
Oden is delicious on cold days.
A classic chicken and vegetable stew from Kyushu, simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
筑前煮はおせち料理にも入っています。
Chikuzen-ni is also included in New Year's dishes.
To stew or simmer thoroughly, often for a long time to blend flavors.
肉を柔らかくなるまで煮込んでください。
Please stew the meat until it becomes tender.
To boil or simmer, a general cooking term. Less specific than 煮込む.
野菜を煮てスープを作ります。
I simmer vegetables to make soup.
To simmer on low heat, emphasizing the gentle cooking process.
カレーはとろ火で煮るとおいしくなります。
Curry becomes delicious when simmered on low heat.