落おとし卵たまご

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Meanings

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noun

poached egg

A cooking term for an egg poached in water, often used in dishes like eggs Benedict or Japanese-style poached eggs.

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Standard kanji spelling for poached egg.

落おとし卵たまご

Variant spelling with the older okurigana usage; less common than 落とし卵.

目め玉だま焼やき
目玉焼き is a fried egg (sunny-side up), while 落とし卵 is a poached egg cooked in water.
ゆで卵たまご
ゆで卵 is a boiled egg cooked in its shell, whereas 落とし卵 is cracked directly into simmering water.

Compound of 落とし (otoshi, 'dropping', from 落とす) and 卵 (tamago, 'egg'), referring to the method of dropping an egg into hot water.