天ぷら (てんぷら, tenpura) Japanese meaning: tempura | KotomoraLet's have tempura for dinner tonight.
The shrimp tempura at this restaurant is exquisite.
Usage patterns
〈物〉を天ぷらにするto make something (seafood/vegetables) into tempura
I made the shrimp into tempura and ate it.
天ぷらを揚げるto deep-fry tempura
My mother deep-fried some vegetable tempura for me.
天ぷらの衣をつけるto coat something in tempura batter
Coat the white fish in tempura batter and fry it.
Usage4%
天婦羅Usage2%
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Alternate ateji spelling, very uncommon.
天プラUsage2%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
