yakitori
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼き鳥 (やきとり), from 焼き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
yakitori (countable and uncountable, plural yakitori or yakitoris)
- A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 851:
- We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 851:
See also
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼き鳥 (やきとり, yakitori), from 焼き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥 (tori, “bird”).
Pronunciation
Noun
yakitori (first-person possessive yakitoriku, second-person possessive yakitorimu, third-person possessive yakitorinya)
- yakitori, a Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken, fish, vegetables or beef which have been marinated in soy sauce and then cooked on skewers.
Further reading
- “yakitori” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
yakitori
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