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どんぶり飯 (どんぶりめし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

どんぶり飯めし

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Meanings

1

bowl of rice; rice bowl

food / cooking›

A bowl of rice, often with toppings or as part of a donburi dish. Used in food contexts.

昼ひるはどんぶり飯めしをかきこん

だ

。

For lunch I wolfed down a bowl of rice.

どんぶり飯めしに卵たまごをのせて食たべた。

I put an egg on top of the rice bowl and ate it.

Kanji

丼bowl, bowl of food
飯meal, boiled rice

Related words

丼どんぶり
丼 refers to the bowl itself or a donburi dish; どんぶり飯 specifically emphasizes the rice served in such a bowl.

Built from

丼どんぶり+飯めし

Written forms

どんぶり飯めしUsage25%
Common mixed kanji-kana spelling.
丼どんぶり飯めしUsage58%
Kanji spelling; 丼 is a Jōyō kanji but this compound may be less common than the mixed form.
どんぶりめしUsage17%

Etymology

Compound of 丼 (donburi, 'bowl') + 飯 (meshi, 'rice').