yakiniku

English

Alternative forms
  • yaki-niku

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 焼肉 (yakiniku), from 焼き (yaki, “to grill, fry”) +‎ 肉 (niku, “meat”).[1]

Noun

yakiniku (uncountable)

  1. Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style.

References
  1. “yakiniku, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 焼肉(やきにく) (yakiniku, literally “grilled meat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jakiˈniku]
  • Hyphenation: ya‧ki‧ni‧ku

Noun

yakiniku (first-person possessive yakinikuku, second-person possessive yakinikumu, third-person possessive yakinikunya)

  1. (cooking) yakiniku: a style of cooking bite-size meat (usually beef and offal) and vegetables on gridirons or griddles over a flame of wood charcoals carbonized by dry distillation (sumibi, 炭火) or a gas/electric grill.

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

yakiniku

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やきにく.
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