焼き
や
き
Meanings
1
noun, noun, used as a prefix, noun, used as a suffix
roasting; grilling; baking; broiling; toasting
Refers to the act of cooking with dry heat, or the resulting food. Can be used as a noun, prefix, or suffix.
You're good at grilling fish.
Would you like to go eat yakitori?
2
Technical term in metallurgy for heating and cooling metal to adjust hardness.
Adjust the strength of steel by quenching and tempering.
3
Only when written 焼
Suffix attached to place names or kiln names to indicate a type of pottery, e.g. 瀬戸焼 (Seto ware).
Arita ware is a representative Japanese porcelain.
Usage patterns
- 焼きが甘いto be undercooked / insufficiently tempered
This meat is undercooked and still red inside.
- 焼きが回るto lose one's edge or sharpness (of skill, judgment) with age
It seems I've lost some of my edge with age.
Expressions
- 焼きを入れるtemper (metal); harden · discipline harshly; torture; give a hard time
- サザエの壺焼きturban shell cooked whole in its own shell
- 焼き目をつけるbrown; sear; cook until browned
- 焼き餅焼くとて手を焼くなkeep your jealousy in check, lest you invite misfortune; don't let jealousy burn you