ボウル

ぼうる

noun

bowl (for cooking)

1. bowl (for cooking); mixing bowl

A deep, round bowl used in the kitchen for mixing or preparing ingredients, not a bowl for eating from.

I cracked eggs into a bowl and mixed them.

I tossed the salad in a large bowl.

Stainless steel bowls are light and won't break.

ボウル (from English "bowl") refers to deep kitchen bowls used for mixing and preparing food, and sometimes for serving salads.

Recipes often write ボール for the same kitchen bowl, although ボール is also "ball."
Eating bowls are not ボウル: 茶碗(ちゃわん) (rice bowl), 丼(どんぶり) (large bowl for rice dishes), 汁椀(しるわん) (soup bowl).

Related Words

Compare: 鉢(はち) (bowl)

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Added 2026.1.15 3:53 · Revised 2026.10.11 17:03

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