Translation guide
The English word "roast" covers cooking methods, coffee, insults, and events. This guide helps learners choose the right Japanese expression for each meaning.
To cook food in an oven or over a fire, often with dry heat.
General verb for cooking with direct heat: bake, grill, roast, fry. Context determines the method.
I roasted the chicken in the oven.
野菜をグリルで焼く。
I roast vegetables on the grill.
Loanword from English, used specifically for Western-style roasting, often in recipes.
牛肉をローストした。
I roasted the beef.
To roast or toast over an open flame or direct heat, often for small items like mochi or seaweed.
餅をあぶって食べた。
I roasted the mochi and ate it.
To roast coffee beans.
The standard term for roasting coffee beans.
この店では豆を自家焙煎している。
This shop roasts its own beans.
Also used for coffee, especially in casual or Western contexts.
深煎りにローストしたコーヒーが好きだ。
I like dark-roasted coffee.
To make fun of someone in a playful or harsh way.
To tease or make fun of someone playfully. Not as harsh as a full-on roast.
友達をからかって笑った。
I roasted my friend and we laughed.
To tease or mess with someone, often in a friendly way. Common in comedy.
To harshly criticize or tear someone down. Closer to a brutal roast.
An event where a person is humorously insulted by friends.
The English loanword is used for the specific comedy event format.
彼の誕生日にローストをやった。
We held a roast for his birthday.
A descriptive phrase meaning 'an event where you tease someone relentlessly'.
あれは完全にいじり倒すイベントだった。
That was totally a roast event.
For coffee, use 焙煎する or ローストする. 焼く would imply burning the beans in a pan, which is not standard.
コーヒー豆を焙煎する。
Roast coffee beans.
焼く is the everyday verb for roasting, baking, grilling. ローストする is a loanword used mainly in recipes or when emphasizing Western-style roasting.
He often roasts his juniors.
彼はスピーチで上司をこき下ろした。
He roasted his boss in his speech.