teppanyaki

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Japanese, 鉄板焼き (teppan'yaki), from 鉄板 (teppan, iron plate) + 焼き (yaki, frying; roasting; broiling).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtɛpənˈjɑːki/

Noun

teppanyaki (countable and uncountable, plural teppanyakis)

  1. A Japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate.

Usage notes

In English (particularly American English), this mostly refers to cooking steak on a teppan (griddle), while in Japanese one instead mostly cooks お好み焼き (okonomiyaki) on such griddles.

Synonyms

Translations

Japanese

Romanization

teppanyaki

  1. Rōmaji transcription of てっぱんやき
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