Vocabulary

What does 丼 (どんぶり, donburi) mean?

丼 (どんぶり, donburi) means large bowl; donburi (rice bowl dish).

Quick facts
Readingどんぶり
Romajidonburi
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
どんぶり
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommondonburi

large bowl; donburi (rice bowl dish)

  1. 1noun porcelain bowl
  2. 2noun donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
  3. 3noun front pocket in a haragake

Example sentences

  • For lunch I just had a simple rice bowl.

  • I put a lot of rice into a large bowl.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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