三色丼(さんしょくどん)

さんしょくどん
noun
three-color rice bowl
1. three-color rice bowl
A rice bowl topped with three different colored toppings, typically scrambled egg (yellow), seasoned ground meat (brown), and green vegetables such as blanched spinach or green beans.
今日(きょう)の昼食(ちゅうしょく)は三色丼(さんしょくどん)です。
Today's lunch is a three-color rice bowl.
三色丼(さんしょくどん)は彩(いろど)りがきれいで子(こ)どもに人気(にんき)がある。
The three-color rice bowl is colorful and popular with children.
鶏(とり)そぼろと炒(い)り卵(たまご)とインゲンで三色丼(さんしょくどん)を作(つく)った。
I made a three-color rice bowl with seasoned ground chicken, scrambled egg, and green beans.

A compound of 三色(さんしょく) (three colors) and 丼(どん) (rice bowl). The visual appeal of three contrasting colors arranged on white rice is the defining feature. A staple of home cooking and school lunch menus in Japan.

TYPICAL TOPPINGS:

  • 黄(き): 炒(い)り卵(たまご) (scrambled egg)
  • 茶(ちゃ): 鶏(とり)そぼろ or 豚(ぶた)そぼろ (seasoned ground chicken or pork)
  • 緑(みどり): さやインゲン, ほうれん草(そう), 絹(きぬ)さや (green beans, spinach, snow peas)

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 三色丼(さんしょくどん)を作(つく)る: to make a three-color rice bowl
  • 三色丼(さんしょくどん)弁当(べんとう): three-color bento

RELATED TERMS:

  • そぼろ丼(どん): ground meat rice bowl — often just one or two toppings
  • 親子丼(おやこどん): chicken and egg rice bowl
  • 海鮮(かいせん)三色丼(さんしょくどん): seafood three-color bowl — sashimi version with three types of fish
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