焼やき鳥とり

noun

yakitori; grilled chicken skewers

Common Japanese dish of bite-sized chicken pieces grilled on skewers, often with tare sauce or salt. Can also include other meats or offal.

• 今こん夜やは焼やき鳥とりを食たべに行いかない？

  Want to go eat yakitori tonight?

• この店みせの焼やき鳥とりはタレが美味おいしい。

  The yakitori at this shop has delicious sauce.

noun

grilled skewered bird (esp. sparrow)

Obsolete term; historically referred to grilled small birds like sparrows on skewers, before chicken became the standard.

• 昔むかしは焼やき鳥とりといえばスズメなどの小こ鳥とりを串くしに刺さして焼やいたものだった。

  In the past, yakitori referred to small birds like sparrows grilled on skewers.

noun

failing to win a single hand in a half-game (mahjong)

Mahjong term; describes a player who wins no hands during a half-game (hanchan).

• 今日きょうは焼やき鳥とりで終おわってしまった。

  I ended up with zero wins this half-game.