Kanji has different pronunciations so a lot of the time I’m pretty confused on which pronunciation to use. I’ll write down the one’s that I find useful that are related to food, here.


ねぎ玉牛丼

Pronounced: ねぎたまぎゅうどん

Means: Means beef rice bowl with green onion and (raw) egg.

Notes: is used for egg, and just shortened to たま. Originally from or 玉子. also has an alternative meaning of “jewel” or something like that, and is also used for egg when dealing with sushi toppings. Though in that case it is pronounced ぎょく.

Links: Here is a nice link for other popular 牛丼 toppings.