noun
teriyaki
A Japanese cooking technique where meat or fish is grilled or broiled with a glaze of soy sauce, mirin, and sugar. Also refers to the dish itself.
今夜の夕食は鶏の照り焼きにしよう。
Let's have chicken teriyaki for dinner tonight.
この照り焼きソースは甘くて美味しい。
This teriyaki sauce is sweet and delicious.
Variant spelling without the okurigana き; rarely used.
Abbreviated variant; very rare in modern usage.
焼き鳥 is grilled chicken skewers, often seasoned with salt or a simpler soy-based sauce, while 照り焼き specifically uses a sweet soy glaze and can be applied to various meats or fish.
煮付け is a simmered dish in a soy-based broth, whereas 照り焼き is grilled or broiled with a glaze, giving it a different texture and caramelized finish.
From 照り (teri, 'gloss, luster', from 照る 'to shine') + 焼き (yaki, 'grilling, broiling', from 焼く 'to grill'). The name refers to the shiny glaze created by the sweet soy sauce during cooking.