お好み焼き

Japanese
お好み焼き (okonomiyaki): an okonomiyaki cooking on a steel plate.
Kanji in this term
好 焼
この
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Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of お (o, honorific prefix) +‎ 好み (konomi, “preference”, the 連用形 (ren'ōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 好む konomu, “to like, to prefer”) +‎ 焼き (yaki, “grilling, frying, roasting”, the 連用形 (ren'ōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 焼く yaku, “to grill, to fry, to roast”).[1][2][3][4] Literally “grilling to your liking”.

Pronunciation

Noun

お好み焼き (hiragana おこのみやき, rōmaji okonomiyaki)

  1. okonomiyaki: a Japanese style of savoury pan-fried thick pancake including a mixture of vegetables and beef, pork, or seafood

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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