ハヤシライス

ハヤシライス

Japanese

ハヤシライス (hayashi raisu)

Etymology

Disputed. One theory holds that the dish was named for Hayashi Yūteki, a Japanese educator, politician, and businessman. An alternate theory derives the name from ハヤシ (hayashi) + ライス (raisu), from English hash and rice.[1]

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ハヤシラ​イス [hàyáshíráꜜìsù] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
• IPA^(key): [ha̠ja̠ɕiɾa̠isɨᵝ]

Noun

ハヤシライス • (hayashiraisu) 

1. a dish popular in Japan that usually contains beef, onions, and button mushrooms in a thick demi-glace sauce which often contains red wine and tomato sauce, over rice

References

1. “ハヤシライス”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN