海鮮丼(かいせんどん)

かいせんどん
noun
seafood rice bowl
food
1. seafood rice bowl
A bowl of rice topped with assorted raw seafood, such as sashimi, salmon roe, and sea urchin.
昼(ひる)ご飯(はん)に海鮮丼(かいせんどん)を食(た)べた。
I had a seafood rice bowl for lunch.
港町(みなとまち)の市場(いちば)で食(た)べた海鮮丼(かいせんどん)は新鮮(しんせん)だった。
The seafood bowl I ate at the harbor-town market was fresh.
この店(みせ)の海鮮丼(かいせんどん)は、イクラやウニがご飯(はん)が見(み)えないほどのっている。
This shop's seafood bowl is piled so high with salmon roe and sea urchin that you can't see the rice.

Built from 海鮮(かいせん) (fresh seafood) and 丼(どん), short for どんぶり (a bowl of rice with a topping), as in 天丼(てんどん) and 牛丼(ぎゅうどん).

Common collocations

  • 海鮮丼(かいせんどん)を食(た)べる: to eat a seafood bowl
  • 特上(とくじょう)海鮮丼(かいせんどん): top-grade seafood bowl

Similar words

  • ちらし寿司(ずし): scattered sushi — always on vinegared sushi rice; a 海鮮丼(かいせんどん) is often served on plain rice.

Related Words

Compare: ちらし寿司(ずし) (scattered sushi)
Related: 親子丼(おやこどん) (oyakodon (chicken and egg rice bowl))
Related: 豚丼(ぶたどん) (pork bowl)
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Added 2026.9.29 14:59 · Revised 2026.10.20 21:26
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