御田

Japanese

Kanji in this term
御	田
お Grade: S	でん Grade: 1
yutōyomi

Etymology

御(お) (o) + 田(でん) (den), the latter from 田楽(でんがく) (dengaku). Oden was originally called misodengaku, or simply dengaku.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おでん [òdéꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [o̞dẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

御(お)田(でん) • (oden)

oden (a Japanese one pot winter dish of varying ingredients).

Synonyms

関(かん)東(と)煮(だき) (kantodaki), 関(かん)東(と)炊(だ)き (kantodaki)

Descendants

→ English: oden
Chinese:
→ Mandarin: 熬點／熬点 (áodiǎn) (as used by Lawson)

→ Mandarin: 好燉／好炖 (hǎodùn) (as used by 7-Eleven)
→ Min Nan: 烏輪／乌轮 (o͘-lián)
- → Mandarin: 黑輪／黑轮 (hēilún)
→ Indonesian: oden
→ Korean: 오뎅 (odeng) (see there for further descendants)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN