やく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やく – see the following entries.

【益】5	[noun] benefit
【厄】S	[noun] bad luck, evil
【役】3	[noun] role, service, use [noun] (card games, mahjong) hand, scoring combination [suffix] playing the role of...
【約】4	[adverb] about, approximately
【葯】H	[noun] (botany) anther
【薬】3	[noun] (slang) A medicine or drug, especially a narcotic or other recreational drug.
【焼く】	[verb] to change something by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: [verb] to burn [verb] [from 712] to set on fire, to light on fire [verb] [from 720] to burn to ashes [verb] to burn (to write data to a permanent storage medium) [verb] [from 720] to use heat or flame to prepare something for eating or using: [verb] (cooking) to grill [verb] (cooking) to broil [verb] (cooking) to fry [verb] (cooking) to toast [verb] (cooking) to roast [verb] (cooking) to bake [verb] (pottery) to fire [verb] [from 850] to apply moxibustion [verb] [from 1966] to expose to sunlight and cause to change color: to tan one's skin [verb] [from 1908] (photography) to print a photograph by shining a light through a negative [verb] [from 1884] to rub chemicals [verb] [from 1960] to have a sensation, to burn (the heart) [verb] (figuratively) to convey feelings from the heart: [verb] [from 759] to worry [verb] to care [verb] [from 1687] 妬く: to envy, to be jealous [verb] [from 1662] to make someone happy [verb] (obsolete) to change on its own by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: to burn, to tan, to be cooked Alternative spelling 妬く
【妬く】	[verb] Alternative spelling of 焼く (yaku): to envy, be jealous (of)

(This term, やく, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.
For a list of all kanji read as やく, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やく.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 扼.)

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