焼き魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
焼 魚
や
Grade: 4
さかな > ざかな
Grade: 2

Etymology

Compound of 焼き (yaki) +‎ 魚 (sakana, “fish”). The former portion is the 連 (れん)用 (よう)形 (けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 焼 (や)く (yaku, “burn, grill”). The sakana changes to zakana as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

焼き魚 (hiragana やきざかな, rōmaji yakizakana)

  1. broiled fish, roasted or grilled fish
    焼 (や)き魚 (ざかな)定食 (ていしょく)
    yakizakana teishoku
    a set meal including broiled fish

See also

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