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saucepan; one-handled pot
A small to medium cooking pot with a single long handle, used for boiling small portions, heating sauces, or making instant noodles. The everyday Japanese term for a Western-style saucepan.
片手鍋でお湯を沸かす。
To boil water in a saucepan.
小さい片手鍋があるとみそ汁を作るのに便利だ。
Having a small saucepan is handy for making miso soup.
一人暮らしを始めるときに、片手鍋とフライパンをまず買った。
When I started living alone, the first things I bought were a saucepan and a frying pan.
Compound of 片手 (one hand) + 鍋 (pot). The single handle lets you hold and pour with one hand.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 片手鍋でお湯を沸かす: to boil water in a saucepan
- 小さい片手鍋: small saucepan
- ミルクパン片手鍋: milk-pan style saucepan
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 両手鍋: pot with two handles — for larger, heavier dishes
- 寸胴鍋: stockpot — tall straight-sided pot
- フライパン: frying pan — shallow, for sautéing
- 土鍋: earthenware pot — for nabe dishes