关东煮 Traditional form: 關東煮 Pinyin (reading): Guāndōngzhǔ Definitions: oden, Japanese dish made with boiled eggs, processed fish cakes, daikon radish, tofu etc in a kelp-based broth Characters: 关 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation 东 - east, eastern, eastward 煮 - to boil, to cook Traditional characters: 關 - frontier pass; to close, to shut; relation 東 - east, eastern, eastward 煮 - to boil, to cook