donburi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 丼 (donburi, “a large helping of rice covered in meat, fish, and/or vegetables, all served in one big bowl”).

Noun

donburi (usually uncountable, plural donburis)

1. A Japanese rice bowl dish consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients served together over rice.

Related terms

• gyudon

Translations

a Japanese rice dish

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 丼物 (zh) (jǐngwù), 丼 (zh) (jǐng), (Chinese variety) 蓋澆飯／盖浇饭 (zh) (gàijiāofàn), 蓋飯／盖饭 (zh) (gàifàn), 丼飯／丼饭 (dòngfàn)

• Japanese: 丼 (ja) (donburi), 丼物 (donburimono)
• Korean: 돈부리 (donburi)
• Marathi: दोन्बुरि (donburi)
• Russian: донбу́ри n (donbúri)
• Tagalog: donburi

Japanese

Romanization

donburi

1. Rōmaji transcription of どんぶり