Katsudon (Japanese cuisine): Katsudon (カツ丼) is a Japanese dish that consists of a bowl of hot rice topped with tonkatsu: a slice of pork first breaded, then cooked with a beaten egg.
The word katsudon is a mixture of the Japanese words tonkatsu and donburi (丼ぶり, bowl of rice).
Among Japanese students, the tradition is to eat a katsudon the night before before an exam. The reason for this is that the Japanese verb "katsu" (勝つ) that we hear in katsudon means "to win"...
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