Meaning

Primary

Grilled Chicken

Alternatives

Roast Chicken, Yakitori

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A baked bird isn't just any bird, it's grilled chicken or roast chicken. You may also know it by its romanized Japanese name: yakitori.

Reading

やきとり
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings are the vocab kun'yomi readings. With 焼き, you can use the reading you learned with the kanji. With just remember back to the vocab word, とり. Combine and eat.

Context

Context Sentences

焼き鳥は私の生活に不可欠です。

Yakitori is essential for my life.

主人は焼き鳥屋のけいえいが忙しすぎて、けっこん記念日のことはすっかり忘れていました。

My husband was too busy running his yakitori restaurant and he totally forgot about our wedding anniversary.

私のせいにしないで。あなたの焼き鳥なんか食べてないわよ!

Don’t blame me! I didn’t eat your yakitori.

Kanji Composition