tempura donburi; tempura rice bowl
A bowl of rice topped with tempura, often drizzled with a sweet-savory sauce. Abbreviation of 天ぷら丼.
I'll have tempura rice bowl for lunch today.
The tempura rice bowl at this restaurant has big shrimp and is delicious.
repeating the same gag; running a joke into the ground
Colloquial comedy term for repeating the same joke or silly line, often to the point of annoyance. Derived from the idea of 'tempura' (てん) being repeated (丼).
His comedy routine has too many repeated gags, and I get tired of it quickly.
That joke has already been run into the ground.