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gyudon

gyudon noun: a Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.

gyudon: a Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce
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Noun

gyudon (uncountable)

  1. A Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.

Origin of gyudon

From Japanese 牛丼 (literally “beef bowl”).

Questions about gyudon

What does gyudon mean?
Gyudon means a Japanese dish of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce.
What part of speech is gyudon?
Gyudon is a noun.

Words near gyudon in the dictionary

  1. Gyton
  2. gytrash
  3. gytrashes
  4. gyttja
  5. gyttjas
  6. gyudon
  7. Gyumri
  8. Gyurcsik
  9. gyve
  10. gyved
  11. gyves

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