Translation guide
The English word 'grill' can refer to a cooking device, a method of cooking, or a restaurant. This guide covers the most common and natural ways to express these concepts in Japanese.
Referring to the physical grill used for cooking, such as a barbecue grill or a stovetop grill.
The act of cooking food on a grill, using direct heat.
The most common verb for grilling, broiling, or frying. Covers a wide range of direct-heat cooking. Context clarifies it's grilling.
A restaurant that specializes in grilled food, or a casual eatery.
I bought a new grill.
Literally 'grilling net', refers to the wire mesh used for grilling, often over charcoal. Common in traditional settings.
I grill fish on a wire mesh.
Specifically a barbecue grill, often used for outdoor cooking.
There is a barbecue grill in the yard.
A traditional small charcoal grill, often used for grilling fish or mochi. Evokes a rustic, old-fashioned feel.
I like grilling rice cakes on a shichirin.
肉を焼いてください。
Please grill the meat.
I grilled the fish on the grill.
A verb made from the loanword 'grill', often used in recipes or modern cooking contexts.
Let's grill the chicken.
Specifically means to grill on a wire mesh, emphasizing the method.
This meat is delicious when grilled on a wire mesh.
Means 'direct-fire grilling', often used in technical or culinary descriptions.
Direct-fire grilled steak is aromatic.
A restaurant where you grill meat (often at your table). The most common type of 'grill' restaurant in Japan.
Would you like to go to a grill (yakiniku) restaurant tonight?
Used in restaurant names or to describe a Western-style grill restaurant.
That grill restaurant is famous for steak.
A teppanyaki restaurant, where food is grilled on an iron griddle. Often considered a type of grill.
I watched the chef's performance at the teppanyaki grill.