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.
This shop's skewered grills are cooked over charcoal.
Standard kanji spelling.
Abbreviated kanji form, common in restaurant names and menus.
Search-only mixed kana-kanji form.
Compound of 串 (kushi, 'skewer') and 焼き (yaki, 'grilling'), the noun form of 焼く (yaku, 'to grill').