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    3. 焼き鳥

    焼き鳥

    焼やき​鳥とり

    yakitori

    KMT9News #27+1CoreNounFood & DiningGamesKanji Vocab27 strokes

    焼鳥焼き鶏焼鶏

    やきとり

    Noun

    1.
    yakitori, chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer
    food, cooking
    2.
    grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow)
    obsolete term
    3.
    failing to win a single hand during a half-game
    mahjong

    Stroke 0 / 27

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    焼やき鳥とりを食たべたいです。

    I want to eat yakitori.

    KMT3Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは居い酒ざか屋やで焼やき鳥とりを何なん本ぼんか注ちゅう文もんした。

    He ordered several skewers of yakitori at the izakaya.

    KMT9Food & DiningDaily Life
    日に本ほんの夏なつ祭まつりでは、屋や台たいで焼やき鳥とりがよく売うられています。

    Yakitori is often sold at food stalls during Japanese summer festivals.

    KMT9Food & DiningCulture & Traditions
    麻マー雀ジャンで焼やき鳥とりになると、罰ばっ符ぷを払はらうことになる。

    If you get yakitori in mahjong, you have to pay a penalty.

    KMT9Games
    この店みせの焼やき鳥とりは、秘ひ伝でんのタレと炭すみ火び焼やきの香こうばしさが特とく徴ちょうだ。

    This shop's yakitori is characterized by its secret sauce and the fragrant aroma of charcoal grilling.

    KMT10Food & DiningCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    Kanji
    鳥
    とり…(4)
    bird・chicken
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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