also: かつどん
katsudon; pork cutlet rice bowl
A popular Japanese dish consisting of a deep-fried pork cutlet (tonkatsu) simmered with egg and onions in a sweet-savory broth, served over rice.
See also: カツ
I had katsudon for lunch.
The katsudon at this restaurant is delicious with its soft, runny egg.
Standard spelling using katakana for カツ and kanji for 丼.
Hiragana variant; less common but still seen.
From カツ (katsu, 'cutlet') + 丼 (don, 'bowl'). The word カツ is a shortening of カツレツ (katsuretsu), from English 'cutlet'.