Translation guide
The English word "skewer" can refer to the tool (a thin stick for holding food) or the action (to pierce or impale). This guide covers both meanings with natural Japanese equivalents.
Referring to the physical skewer used in cooking, such as a bamboo or metal stick.
The most common word for a skewer, used for grilled foods like yakitori. Can be made of bamboo or metal.
Yakitori is grilled on skewers.
Soaking bamboo skewers in water makes them less likely to burn.
Specifically a metal skewer, often used for grilling or as a tool in cooking.
Grill meat using metal skewers.
Bamboo skewer, the most common type for home cooking and street food.
Alternate vegetables and meat on bamboo skewers.
Describing the act of putting food onto a skewer, or piercing something with a sharp object.
General verb meaning 'to pierce' or 'to stab'. Used for skewering food or piercing with a sharp object.
Skewer the meat.
Pierce the sausage with a fork.
The most natural way to say 'to skewer' in cooking contexts. Literally 'pierce onto a skewer'.
Noun meaning 'skewering' as a technique, often used in professional cooking or food preparation.
The skewering process requires skill.
Using 'skewer' metaphorically to mean harsh criticism or ridicule.
To harshly criticize or pan, often used for reviews or public criticism.
The critic skewered the movie.
Idiom meaning 'to make an example of' or 'to single out for criticism', similar to being skewered publicly.
He was skewered at the meeting.
To verbally tear apart or harshly criticize, often in a blunt manner.
串刺し (くしざし) often implies impalement as a punishment or in a violent context (e.g., Vlad the Impaler). For cooking, use 串に刺す or simply 刺す.
He skewered the marshmallows for roasting.
The reviewer skewered the restaurant's new menu.
Please skewer the vegetables and meat alternately.
The boss skewered the proposal.