| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 鍋 | なべ | saucepan, pot |
| 中華鍋 | ちゅうかなべ | a wok |
| 土鍋 | どなべ | earthenware pot |
| お鍋 | おなべ | pot; typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (i.e. a transvestite) |
| ちゃんこ鍋 | ちゃんこなべ | weight-gaining stew for sumo |
| 鍋物 | なべもの | stew, food cooked in a pot |
| ジンギスカン鍋 | ジンギスカンなべ | slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing the Genghis Khan dish |
| ちり鍋 | ちりなべ | dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce, pot used to cook such a dish |
| もつ鍋 | もつなべ | miso nabe made with offal and vegetables |
| つる鍋 | つるなべ | pot with a bail for a handle |
