yakitori

English

Etymology

From Japanese 焼き鳥 (やきとり), from 焼き ‘grilled, toasted’ + 鳥 ‘bird’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jækɪˈtɔəɹi/

Noun

Singular yakitori

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1. A Japanese shishkabob-type dish made with small pieces of chicken, fish, vegetables or beef which have been marinated in soy sauce and then cooked on skewers.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 851:

     We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.

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