The Japanese word for bowl is
茶碗
ちゃわん - chawan
Japanese Definition
| bowl | |
| 1. ボール, 丼 |
Translations for bowl and their definitions
| ボール | |
| 1. n. ball (formal dance event) |
| 丼 | |
| 1. n. a simple large bowl for serving food | |
| 2. n. a one-bowl meal served in a donburi bowl, consisting of a large portion of rice, covered in a meat or fish | |
| 3. n. Usage: To disambiguate, speakers may refer more specifically to donburibachi for the bowl, and donburi mono for the food. | |
| 4. n. Usage: English-language sources often refer to the food as similar to stew served over rice. Note, however, that stews consist of meat, fish, and/or vegetables cooked in a liquid and served wit | |
| 5. n. donburi: a one-bowl meal consisting of a large portion of rice, covered in a meat or fish | |
| 6. n. Usage: Seldom used as an independent noun. More commonly encountered as a suffix. | |
| 7. suffix. donburi: a one-bowl meal consisting of a large portion of rice, covered in a meat or fish |
| 鉢 | |
| 1. n. bowl, pot |
| 雁首 | |
| 1. n. goose's neck, something resembling a goose's neck | |
| 2. n. (anatomy) corona (circumference of the base of the glans penis in human males) | |
| 3. n. bowl (part of a pipe) | |
| 4. n. (jocular derogatory) human neck or head |
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Pronunciation
(chawan)
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