焼

Meaning

焼 centers on applying heat to transform something: baking food and burning fuel are both ways fire changes what it touches.

• 焼くやく
  N4

  to burn

• 焼きやき

  roasting; grilling; toasting; broiling; baking

• 焼肉やきにく
  N1

  yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue

• 燃焼ねんしょう
  N1

  burning; combustion

• 焼けるやける
  N4

  to burn; to burn down; to go down in flames

• 焼酎しょうちゅう
  N1

  shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.

• 日焼けひやけ
  N2

  sunburn; suntan; tan

• 焼きそばやきそば
  N1

  yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

• お好み焼きおこのみやき

  okonomiyaki; savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments

• 焼き鳥やきとり
  N1

  yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

• たこ焼きたこやき

  takoyaki; octopus dumplings

• 焼却しょうきゃく

  incineration; destruction by fire

• 叉焼チャーシュー

  roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

• すき焼きすきやき
  N5

  sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

• 目玉焼きめだまやき

  fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg

• 夕焼けゆうやけ
  N2

  evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

• 全焼ぜんしょう

  total destruction by fire; being burned down

• 卵焼きたまごやき

  rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet)

• 焼き芋やきいも
  N1

  roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato

• 焼失しょうしつ

  destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down

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