天丼

てんどん
Frequency:
1

A bowl of rice topped with tempura (tempura donburi).

NounFood, CookingAbbreviation

Examples

昼は近所の天丼屋で海老天丼を食べた。

For lunch I ate a shrimp tempura bowl at the local tempura-don shop.

この店の天丼はタレがしっかり絡んでいておいしい。

The sauce on this shop's tempura bowl clings well and tastes great.

夜は天丼と味噌汁の定食にした。

For dinner I had a set meal of a tempura bowl and miso soup.

2

Colloquial comedy term for repeating the same gag or punchline (a comic double-take or piling on the joke).

NounColloquial

Examples

彼らの漫才は同じボケの天丼ばかりで、少し飽きる。

Their manzai act just keeps repeating the same gag, which gets a bit boring.

先輩はいつも同じオチを天丼のように重ねて笑いを取る。

The senior always piles on the same punchline like a 'tendon' gag to get laughs.

漫才のテンポを変えずに同じ話を続けると、意図的な天丼になることがある。

Continuing the same story without changing the rhythm can become an intentional repetition gag.