豚丼

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豚丼: a bowl of rice topped with stewed pork

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
ぶた
Grade: S
どん
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Of (ぶた) (buta, pig, pork) + (どん) (don, clipping of (どんぶり) (donburi, bowl)). Compare 牛丼(ぎゅうどん) (gyūdon, gyudon).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぶた)(どん) (butadon

  1. pork donburi, butadon (a bowl of cooked rice topped with stewed pork)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
とん
Grade: S
どん
Grade: S
kan'on kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(とん)(どん) (tondon

  1. (uncommon) butadon
    • 2016, J-kun, Kono manga osorubeshi [This manga is awesome!], page 20:
      (ぶた)(どん)1(ひと)つね」「へい(とん)(どん)(いっ)(ちょう)!」って、そこわざわざ()(なお)さなくていいから!「とんどん」って()いづらいから!
      “Butadon hitotsu ne” “hei tondon itchō!” tte, soko wazawaza īnaosanakute ii kara! “tondon” tte īzurai kara!
      You don’t have to specifically rephrase “one butadon OK” as “hey, one tondon,” cuz it’s hard to pronounce tondon!

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