焙烙ほうろく

noun

earthenware baking pan; parching pan

A shallow, unglazed earthenware pan used for roasting or parching tea leaves, sesame seeds, etc. over direct heat.

• 焙烙ほうろくでごまを炒いると香こうばしい。

  Roasting sesame seeds in a parching pan makes them fragrant.

noun

ancient Chinese punishment of walking on an oiled pipe over fire

Only with reading ほうらく

Historical term, restricted to the reading ほうらく. Refers to a cruel punishment from ancient China.

• 「炮ほう烙らくの刑けい」は、古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくの残ざん酷こくな刑けい罰ばつの一ひとつとして知しられる。

  The 'punishment of the parching pan' is known as one of the cruel punishments of ancient China.