焼く

How to remember it

A versatile cooking verb for applying heat — baking, grilling, or roasting food.

Example sentences

• お餅を焼いて食べる。

  おもちをやいてたべる。

  I toast rice cakes and eat them.

• 魚を焼く。

  さかなをやく。

  I grill fish.

Usage

Covers baking, grilling, and roasting; also means "to burn."

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