Nabe (pot) - Nabe

Japanese: なべ(鍋) - なべ

A type of cooking utensil used to cook food. It is said to have been called "nahe," meaning "a pot for boiling side dishes," and was written as "pot." In the Nara period, iron ones were already available, and they were called "kananahe" and written as "nabe." The Wamyōshō states that metal ones were called "nabe," and tiles (earthenware) ones were called "pot." As iron pots became more widespread, the word "nabe" came to refer to metal ones, and pots came to be called "earthen pots," but the Zoku Kojidan, written in the early Kamakura period, states that "a clay pot was made from silver."

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

食物の煮炊きに用いる調理具の一種。〈肴（な）を煮る瓮（へ）〉，つまり副食物を煮るための土器の意味で，〈なへ〉と呼ばれたとされ，〈堝〉などの字をあてた。奈良時代にはすでに鉄製のものもあり，これは〈かななへ〉と呼んで〈鍋〉と書いた。《和名抄》には，金属製のものを〈鍋〉といい，瓦製(土製)のものを〈堝〉というとある。やがて鉄なべの普及にともなって，なべといえば金属製のものを指し，堝は土なべと呼ばれるようになるが，鎌倉初期成立の《続古事談》には〈銀ニテ土鍋ヲツクリテ〉という表現が見られる。

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