丼
どんぶり
bowl, rice bowl dish
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Examples
丼にご飯を盛った。
どんぶりにごはんをもった。
I served rice into a large bowl.
昼は牛丼を食べた。
ひるはぎゅうどんをたべた。
I had a beef bowl for lunch.
丼ものは安くて早いので学生に人気だ。
どんぶりものはやすくてはやいのでがくせいににんきだ。
Rice-bowl dishes are cheap and quick, so students love them.
Common patterns
- 牛丼
- beef bowl
- 親子丼
- chicken and egg rice bowl
- 丼もの
- rice-bowl dishes
Memory tip
The bowl itself is どんぶり, but as a suffix in dish names it shortens to どん — 牛丼, 天丼, 親子丼. The character is 井 (a well) with a dot inside, easy to picture as food in the bowl.
Kanji in this word
- 丼Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
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