kono furaipan nara, hikiniku mo umaku itamerareru.

With this frying pan, you can stir-fry ground meat well too.

Breakdown of kono furaipan nara, hikiniku mo umaku itamerareru.

• この: this
• も: also
• なら: conditional particle
• うまく: well

Questions & Answers about kono furaipan nara, hikiniku mo umaku itamerareru.

What does なら mean here?

In this sentence, なら means something like if it’s this frying pan or as for this frying pan.

It sets up a condition or basis for judgment:

• このフライパンなら = if it’s this frying pan / with this frying pan
• The speaker is implying that other frying pans may not work as well, but this one does.

So the nuance is not just this frying pan as a plain topic, but rather:

• when it comes to this frying pan
• if you use this frying pan
• this frying pan, at least

It often has a contrastive feeling:

• maybe other pans are not good for the job
• but this one can do it well

Why is there a も after ひき肉?

Here, も means also / even.

So:

• ひき肉も = ground meat too / even ground meat

The nuance is that ground meat may be one example of something that can be hard to cook well in a frying pan. By using も, the speaker suggests:

• this frying pan can cook other things well, and
• even ground meat can be stir-fried well in it

Depending on context, も can sound like:

• too
• also
• even

In this sentence, even is often the most natural nuance.

Why is 炒められる used instead of 炒める?