蛸焼き
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 蛸 | 焼 |
| たこ Hyōgai |
や Grade: 4 |
| kun'yomi | |
| Alternative spellings |
|---|
| 蛸燒き (kyūjitai) 蛸焼 たこ焼き |
Etymology
Compound of 蛸 (tako, “octopus”) + 焼き (yaki, “baking, roasting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 焼く yaku, “to bake, to roast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
蛸焼き • (takoyaki)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN