noun
tanuki donburi; rice bowl with tenkasu and tempura sauce
A donburi dish consisting of steamed rice topped with tenkasu (tempura scraps) and a savory-sweet tempura dipping sauce. Despite the name, it contains no actual tanuki (raccoon dog) meat.
See also: 天かす
今日のランチはたぬき丼にしよう。
I'll have tanuki donburi for lunch today.
たぬき丼は天かすのサクサク感が美味しい。
The crispy texture of the tenkasu makes tanuki donburi delicious.
The name literally means 'raccoon dog bowl', but the dish contains no raccoon dog. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may be a playful reference to the tanuki's association with trickery or to the color of the tenkasu.