also: やきなす
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
A dish of eggplant cooked over direct heat or in a pan, often served with soy sauce, ginger, and bonito flakes. Both 'grilled' and 'fried' are used in English descriptions, but the Japanese dish typically involves grilling or pan-frying.
When summer comes, I crave grilled eggplant.
I ate the grilled eggplant with ginger soy sauce.
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the katakana part is typical for food names.
Mixed kanji-hiragana spelling, common in casual writing.
Full kanji spelling; 茄子 is the kanji for eggplant.
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana.
Abbreviated mixed kanji-katakana spelling.
Abbreviated mixed kanji-hiragana spelling.
Compound of 焼き (grilling, from 焼く) and ナス/茄子 (eggplant).