焼やき肉にく奉ぶ行ぎょう

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Meanings

noun

yakiniku magistrate; person who bosses everyone at a yakiniku grill

jocular, humorous

Jocular term for someone who takes charge of grilling and dictates how others should eat at a yakiniku restaurant, often with exaggerated authority.

Kanji

焼bake, burning
肉meat
奉observance, offer, present
行going, journey, carry out

Related words

焼やき肉にく
焼肉 is the grilled meat cuisine itself, while 焼肉奉行 refers to the person who takes charge of the grilling.
奉ぶ行ぎょう
奉行 historically means a magistrate or commissioner; in 焼肉奉行 it is used humorously to liken the person to an officious official.

Built from

焼やき肉にく+奉ぶ行ぎょう

Etymology

Compound of 焼肉 (yakiniku, grilled meat) and 奉行 (bugyō, magistrate). The term humorously likens a person who takes charge of grilling at a yakiniku meal to a feudal magistrate issuing orders.