tonkatsu
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Japanese Cooking. a dish including a breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet, shredded cabbage, rice, and sauce.
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Japanese Cooking. a breaded and deep-fried pork cutlet; katsu.
Example Sentences
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But it’s everyday things the American is looking forward to, like eating Japan’s popular pork cutlet dish, tonkatsu.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
Familiar Japanese meals of tonkatsu and natto were replaced by vaguely Asian noodle soup and rice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2021
In theory, this sweet barbecue sauce is meant to pair with the fried pork cutlets known as tonkatsu, but ramen chef Ivan Orkin once declared the sludgy stuff perfect for anything fried.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2018
I resist the pull of Daiso, the Japanese dollar store, and head to the top-floor food court, which serves delectables including congee, dumplings, Malaysian laksa and Japanese tonkatsu.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2016
Today, I wasn’t very hungry, but I ordered their delicious miso ramen and fried pork cutlets called tonkatsu.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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