やく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やく – see the following entries.

【焼く】

[verb] to change something by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means:

[verb] to burn

[verb] [from 712] to set on fire, to light on fire

[verb] [from 720] to burn to ashes

[verb] to burn (to write data to a permanent storage medium)

[verb] [from 720] to use heat or flame to prepare something for eating or using:

[verb] (cooking) to grill

[verb] (cooking) to broil

[verb] (cooking) to fry

[verb] (cooking) to toast

[verb] (cooking) to roast

[verb] (cooking) to bake

[verb] (pottery) to fire

[verb] [from 850] to apply moxibustion

[verb] [from 1966] to expose to sunlight and cause to change color: to tan one's skin

[verb] [from 1884] to rub chemicals

[verb] [from 1960] to have a sensation, to burn (the heart)

[verb] (figuratively) to convey feelings from the heart:

[verb] [from 759] to worry

[verb] to care

[verb] [from 1687] 妬く: to envy, to be jealous

[verb] [from 1662] to make someone happy

[verb] (obsolete) to change on its own by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: to burn, to tan, to be cooked

Alternative spelling
妬く

【妬く】	[verb] alternative spelling of 焼く (yaku): to envy, be jealous (of)

【役】3	[noun] role, service, use [noun] (card games, mahjong) yaku, scoring combination; a condition that scores points when met, usually in the form of a specific combination of cards or tiles. [suffix] playing the role of...

【約】4	[adverb] about, approximately [noun] (linguistics) Clipping of 約音 (yakuon)

【益】5	[noun] benefit

【訳】6	[noun] translation

【厄】S	[noun] bad luck, evil

【葯】H	[noun] anther

【薬】3	[noun] (slang) a medicine or drug, especially a narcotic or other recreational drug Alternative spelling ヤク

(This term, やく (yaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やく.

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やく • (-yaku)