How to say "stew" in Japanese

• シチューCommon
  nounThe loanword for stew as a dish, especially the creamy Japanese cream stew; the natural choice for that Western-style dish rather than for slowly simmered Japanese cooking.
  私の特製とくせいうさぎシチューです。↗

  It's my special recipe, rabbit stew.
• 煮込みにこみCommon
  nounA stew as a finished dish, one simmered slowly until the ingredients are soft; it can also mean a hodgepodge, a jumbled mixture. Use it for the dish, not the cooking action.
• 煮込むにこむCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbThe verb for the cooking action: to simmer something for a long time, stewing it until soft. Choose this when 'stew' is what you do to ingredients, not the dish you eat.
• 煮るにるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA general verb for cooking food in liquid: to boil or simmer. It can mean to stew, but it is broader than 煮込む and does not by itself stress long, slow cooking.
  くたくたに煮にる。↗

  Reduce to pulp by boiling.
• 鍋物なべものCommon
  nounFood cooked in a pot, that is, hot-pot dishes. Its link to 'stew' is loose, so it is seldom the word you want for a cream or Western-style stew.
  この鍋物なべものはえぐいよ。↗

  This stew tastes acrid.

For the dish, 「シチュー」 is the Western-style, often creamy stew and 「煮込み」 a slowly simmered one, while 鍋物 means hot-pot dishes; for the action, use 「煮込む」 for long stewing and 「煮る」 for simmering generally.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• シチューstew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
• 煮込みにこみstew
• 煮込むにこむto boil well
• 煮るにるto boil
• 鍋物なべものstew
• 鍋なべstew
• 炊くたくto boil