蛸焼き

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たこ
Hyōgai

Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
蛸燒き (kyūjitai)
蛸焼
たこ焼き

Etymology

Compound of (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

  • (Tokyo) こやき [tàkóyákí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠ko̞ja̠kʲi]

Noun

(たこ)() • (takoyaki

  1. takoyaki

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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