WORD DETAIL
煮込み
にこみ
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
煮込み(にこみ) is a stew or another slow-cooked dish. - Basic usage:
野菜と豆の煮込みnames a dish by its ingredients;煮込みの香りrefers to the aroma coming from the cooked food.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Ingredient-defined dish and its aroma
- The first
のidentifies ingredients and the second links the finished dish to its smell; the noun denotes food rather than merely simmering.
- The first

