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  • A little rind in miso soup or nabe is just enough to remind you of summer.

    Tigers & Strawberries » Synchronicity 2005

  • At home, more and more are replacing meat with tofu and resorting to cooking a "nabe" - a watery, vegetable-heavy stew - for the main family meal.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • So when you find yourself noticing the magic word here and there, you know the winter is here. can you spot it? the word nabe ( "鍋" in kanji) seen on signs, banners, and menus at restaurants every corner of the town.

    she who eats 2010

  • So when you find yourself noticing the magic word here and there, you know the winter is here. can you spot it? the word nabe ( "鍋" in kanji) seen on signs, banners, and menus at restaurants every corner of the town.

    she who eats chika 2010

  • See More Training with Hinako plus other gorgeous artbooks on the site. motsu nabe, which is a delicious stew of beef tripe, popular in our prefecture of Kyushu.

    J-List side blog 2009

  • Clearly you were just using the Friday quiz as a teaching moment, distinguishing "nabe" from "hood."

    BSNYC星期五乐趣测验! BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • Whenever I see a person use the non-word "nabe" to mean "neighborhood" my mind just freezes and I can't go on reading.

    BSNYC Firday Fun Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • What you do instead, if you're trying to build the "nabe," is reel in celebrity chefs like William Belickis, who just re-opened

    Crosscut 2010

  • What you do instead, if you're trying to build the "nabe," is reel in celebrity chefs like William Belickis, who just re-opened

    Crosscut 2010

  • What you do instead, if you're trying to build the "nabe," is reel in celebrity chefs like William Belickis, who just re-opened

    Crosscut 2010

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  • A neighborhood theater.

    August 26, 2009

  • Just read it used as a synonym for neighborhood (SMS).

    May 1, 2011

  • Worst neologism of the day: "Nabe." Short for neighborhood. As in, how's your nabe doing? Ugh. (Seen at NabeWise.com)

    January 20, 2012