Meaning

Primary

Chicken And Egg Rice Bowl

Alternatives

Parent And Child Rice Bowl, Oyako-Don

Word Type

noun

Explanation

This very common food is parent and child rice bowl, aka a parent and child rice bowl. The parent is a chicken. The child is an egg. This can also be called chicken and egg rice bowl, or simply oyako-don.

Reading

おやこどんぶり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)
おやこどん
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading is and and combined together.

Context

Context Sentences

親子丼ほど美味しいものはない。

There's nothing more delicious than a chicken and egg rice bowl.

個人的には親子丼よりも他人丼の方が好きなんです。

Personally, I like tanin-don more than oyako-don.

あの親子丼超まずかったよね!トイレで吐いちゃったよ!

That parent and child rice bowl was so disgusting! I threw up in the bathroom.

Kanji Composition