noun
soboro; seasoned minced meat/fish topping
A home-style dish of finely minced meat or fish, seasoned and dry-fried until crumbly, often served over rice. Common in bento and donburi.
今日のお弁当はそぼろご飯だ。
Today's bento is soboro rice.
鶏そぼろを作るときは、しょうゆとみりんで味付けする。
When making chicken soboro, season it with soy sauce and mirin.
na-adjective
Describes something worn out, frayed, or in disarray, such as clothes, hair, or fabric. Often used in the form そぼろな or そぼろになる.
彼はそぼろな服を着ていた。
He was wearing tattered clothes.
風で髪がそぼろになった。
My hair got tangled in the wind.
na-adjective
Describes something broken into very small pieces or a fine, crumbly texture. Less common than sense 2; often overlaps with the texture of soboro food.
パンがそぼろに崩れた。
The bread crumbled into fine pieces.