Word details

焼き鳥

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 焼き鳥.

Dictionary

Entry

焼き鳥焼鳥きとりNounFreq #22294
1

Food, cooking

yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer

2

Obsolete term

grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)

3

Mahjong

failing to win a single hand during a half-game

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

bake, burning

12 strokesFrequency 982JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ショウ

Kun

や.くや.きや.き--や.きや.ける

Nanori

やいやき

bird, chicken

11 strokesFrequency 1,043JLPT N3Grade 2

On

チョウ

Kun

とり

Nanori

とっ

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