godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
burn; set fire to
General term for burning something with fire, such as paper, wood, or trash.
彼は古い手紙を焼いた。
He burned the old letters.
Cooking by direct heat: roasting meat, grilling fish, baking bread, toasting bread, barbecuing.
魚を焼くいい匂いがする。
There's a nice smell of grilling fish.
パンを軽く焼いてください。
Please toast the bread lightly.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Applying heat without necessarily burning or cooking, e.g., heating a pan or warming something.
フライパンをよく焼いてから油を入れてください。
Heat the frying pan well before adding oil.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
fire (pottery, bricks); make (charcoal); bake (bricks)
Producing materials by firing in a kiln or burning, such as pottery, bricks, or charcoal.
この窯で陶器を焼いている。
They fire pottery in this kiln.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
print (a photo); burn (a disc)
Used for photographic printing and burning optical discs (CD/DVD).
デジカメの写真を焼いてもらえますか。
Can you print the digital camera photos?
データをDVDに焼いた。
I burned the data onto a DVD.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Expresses jealousy or envy. Often written as 妬く, but 焼く is also used. See also 妬く.
See also: 妬く (やく)
彼は友達の成功を焼いている。
He is jealous of his friend's success.