Illustration: Behind the counter of a neighborhood yakitori shop, a cook turns bamboo skewers over a narrow charcoal grill. Several skewers carry distinct chunks of chicken, with pieces of leek between them on a few. Their surfaces glisten and show small charred patches.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

焼やき鳥とり

yakitori

grilled chicken skewers

Example sentences

  1. 海外かいがいにおいても日本料理にっぽんりょうりの焼やき鳥とりが食たべられる店みせは増ふえている。

    Restaurants which serve yakitori as Japanese cuisine have been increasing overseas as well.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 焼やき鳥とり屋やでは通常つうじょう、オーダー時じに塩しおかタレかを聞きかれる。

    At a yakitori-ya restaurant, when a customer places an order, he or she is usually asked about the type of seasoning, shio or tare.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 加くわえて醤油しょうゆの代かわりに焼やき鳥とりのたれをかけたものもある。

    There is also tamago kake gohan using grilled-chicken sauce instead of soy sauce.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 焼鳥

  • 焼bake; burningOnショウKunやく・やき・やき-
  • 鳥bird; chickenOnチョウKunとり

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