焼やき直なおし

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reheating; rebaking

Literal sense: heating cooked food again, or baking something a second time. Often used for leftovers or refreshing baked goods.

• 昨日きのうのカレーを焼やき直なおしして食たべた。

  I reheated yesterday's curry and ate it.

• パンを焼やき直なおしたら、またカリッとした。

  When I rebaked the bread, it became crispy again.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

reworking; adaptation; rehash

Figurative sense: taking an existing story, idea, or work and remaking it with changes. Often implies a lack of originality or a fresh take on old material.

• その映えい画がは昔むかしの名めい作さくの焼やき直なおしだ。

  That movie is a rehash of an old classic.

• 彼かれの新しん作さくは前まえの小しょう説せつの焼やき直なおしに過すぎない。

  His new work is nothing more than a reworking of his previous novel.