なべ

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For pronunciation and definitions of なべ – see the following entries.
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[suffix] vicinity, area
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[noun] [from 720] a broad-bottomed pot or pan
[noun] [from 1885] short for 鍋料理 (nabe ryōri, literally pot + cooking) or 鍋物 (nabemono, literally pot + thing), a dish where everything is cooked together in a nabe; compare English hot pot or hotdish
[noun] [from 1780] by extension from the sense of someone working with pots and pans: a maidservant
[noun] [1807–??] (historical, slang) by further extension from the sense of maidservant: a woman (in reference to sex)
[noun] [1842–1860s] (historical, slang, archaic) during the late Edo period, a 搗米屋 (tsukigomeya, rice polisher shop, white rice retailer) who has run out of stock
(This term, なべ (nabe), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as なべ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as なべ.)