noun
grilling on a skewer; spit-roasting
Refers to food cooked on skewers over a grill, such as yakitori. Common in izakaya and street food contexts.
居酒屋で串焼きを何本か頼んだ。
I ordered several skewers of grilled food at the izakaya.
この店の串焼きは炭火で焼いている。
This shop's skewered grills are cooked over charcoal.
Specifically chicken skewers, while 串焼き can refer to any skewered grilled food (meat, vegetables, seafood, etc.).
Compound of 串 (kushi, 'skewer') and 焼き (yaki, 'grilling'), the noun form of 焼く (yaku, 'to grill').