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
I'll have tanuki donburi for lunch today.
The crispy texture of the tenkasu makes tanuki donburi delicious.
Standard kana-kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Katakana variant sometimes seen on menus or in casual writing.
Full kanji spelling; rarely used and may be unfamiliar to many readers.
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.