Meaning

Primary

Grilled Meat

Alternatives

Roast Meat, Yakiniku

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Mmmmm, yum! Take some meat and cook it. Then you have grilled meat or yakiniku. If you go to Japan look out for 焼肉 places (same meaning/reading). They are good, if you're into meat at least.

Reading

やきにく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

焼き uses the reading you learned with the kanji. does too. Put them on the grill and enjoy!

Context

Context Sentences

焼き肉屋にカメラをおいてきちゃった。

I left my camera at the yakiniku restaurant.

去る者より残る者の方がつらいというのは、焼き肉を食べてる時には当てはまらないよね。

They say it's harder for the person left behind than it is for the one who leaves, but this doesn't apply when we're eating grilled meat, now does it?

私が特にイライラするのは、焼き肉をクチャクチャ音を立てて食べる人です。

I find it really irritating when people chew yakiniku loudly.

Kanji Composition