焼やき

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.

• 魚さかなの焼やきが上手じょうずですね。

  You're good at grilling fish.

• 焼やき鳥とりを食たべに行いきませんか。

  Would you like to go eat yakitori?

noun

tempering (metal)

Technical term in metallurgy for heating and cooling metal to adjust hardness.

• 焼やき入いれと焼やき戻もどしで鋼はがねの強きょう度どを調ちょう整せいする。

  Adjust the strength of steel by quenching and tempering.

noun, used as a suffix

-ware; pottery; porcelain

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).

• 有あり田た焼やきは日本にほんの代だい表ひょう的てきな磁じ器きです。

  Arita ware is a representative Japanese porcelain.