カツ丼(どん)

かつどん
noun
katsudon (pork cutlet rice bowl)
food
1. katsudon; pork cutlet rice bowl
a Japanese dish consisting of a breaded deep-fried pork cutlet simmered with egg and onion, served over rice
カツ丼(どん)を注文(ちゅうもん)した。
I ordered a katsudon.
試験(しけん)前(まえ)にカツ丼(どん)を食(た)べた。
I ate katsudon before the exam.
この店(みせ)のカツ丼(どん)は有名(ゆうめい)だ。
This restaurant is famous for its katsudon.
家(いえ)でカツ丼(どん)を作(つく)ってみた。
I tried making katsudon at home.

Etymology

カツ (cutlet, from English) + 丼(どん) (rice bowl)

Cultural note

Eaten before exams for good luck because カツ sounds like 勝(か)つ (to win). In TV detective dramas, a detective offers katsudon to a suspect under interrogation, a well-known trope.

Related words

Related Words

Related: 牛丼(ぎゅうどん) (beef bowl)
Related: 親子丼(おやこどん) (chicken and egg bowl)
Related: 天丼(てんどん) (tempura bowl)
Related: とんかつ (tonkatsu)
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Added 2026.1.27 19:33 · Revised 2026.9.27 3:47
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