豚とんカツ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun

tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

usually written using kana alonefood / cooking

A deep-fried pork cutlet coated in panko breadcrumbs, a staple of Japanese cuisine. Often served with shredded cabbage and a thick Worcestershire-style sauce.

今こん夜やの夕ゆう食しょくはとんかつにしよう。
Let's have tonkatsu for dinner tonight.
この店みせの豚とんカツは肉にくが厚あつくてジューシーだ。
The tonkatsu at this restaurant has thick, juicy meat.

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Usage patterns

豚とんカツを揚あげるto deep-fry tonkatsu
母ははは毎まい晩ばん豚とんカツを揚あげてくれる。
My mother deep-fries tonkatsu for us every night.
豚とんカツにソースをかけるto pour sauce over tonkatsu
豚とんカツにソースをたっぷりかけて食たべた。
I poured plenty of sauce over the tonkatsu and ate it.
豚とんカツを切きるto slice tonkatsu into strips
豚とんカツを一ひと口くちサイズに切きってから盛もり付つけた。
I sliced the tonkatsu into bite-sized pieces before plating it.

Kanji

豚pork, pig

Related words

カツ
カツ is the general term for any breaded, deep-fried cutlet, while 豚カツ specifically means the pork version.

Don't confuse with

カツ丼どん
豚カツ is just the fried cutlet itself, whereas カツ丼 is a full rice-bowl dish topped with tonkatsu and egg in sauce.
カツ
トンカツ specifically means a pork cutlet, whereas カツ is the generic term that can refer to pork, chicken, or other breaded cutlets.
コロッケ
コロッケ is a breaded fried patty of mashed potato or minced filling, whereas トンカツ is a breaded fried whole pork cutlet.

Counted with

皿さらN4
plate; dish; platter; disc · serving; helping; course · kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)

Word family

とんカツソース
tonkatsu sauce

Built from

豚とん+カツ

Written forms

豚とんカツUsage10%
Common kanji-katakana mixed spelling; it is the primary form.
とんかつUsage46%
kana-only spelling
Kana spelling is very common and as the usual written form.
トンカツUsage41%
kana-only spelling
Full-width katakana spelling, often seen on menus and in casual writing.
とんカツUsage3%
Mixed hiragana-katakana spelling, less common but still encountered.

Etymology

A compound of 豚 (ton, 'pork') and カツ (katsu), an abbreviation of カツレツ (katsuretsu), from English 'cutlet'. The word is a Japanese creation and not a direct loanword from English.