豚カツ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 豚カツ is read as とんかつ and is a noun for a Japanese-style pork cutlet coated in crumbs and deep-fried.
• Basic usage: Eating a freshly fried pork cutlet appears in 揚げたての豚カツ, while cutting a pork cutlet into easy-to-eat pieces appears in 豚カツを切る.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A fried pork dish
  • The first part of the word explicitly identifies pork, and the dish is normally breaded and deep-fried.
• Difference from カツ
  • Unlike the broader cutlet term, which need not state the meat, this word explicitly identifies pork.