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生姜焼き (しょうがやき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生姜しょうが焼やき

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Meanings

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noun

ginger pork; pork fried with ginger

A popular Japanese dish of thinly sliced pork sautéed in a sweet ginger-soy sauce.

今こん夜やの夕ゆう食しょくは生姜しょうが焼やきにしよう。
Let's have ginger pork for dinner tonight.
この店みせの生姜しょうが焼やき定てい食しょくはボリュームがあって美味おいしい。
The ginger pork set meal at this restaurant is hearty and delicious.

Written forms

生姜しょうが焼やき
Standard kanji spelling for the dish.
しょうが焼やき
Mixed kana-kanji spelling; common in everyday writing.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
姜Chinese surname, ginger
焼bake, burning

Similar words

豚ぶた肉にく
生姜焼き is a specific dish made with pork; 豚肉 is the generic term for pork meat.
生姜しょうが
生姜 is the ginger root itself; 生姜焼き is the cooked dish that features ginger as a key flavoring.

Etymology

Compound of 生姜 (ginger) and 焼き (grilling/frying), literally 'ginger fry'.