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
Grade: 4		 や
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
お好み燒き (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of お (o, honorific prefix) +‎ 好み (konomi, “preference”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 好む konomu, “to like, to prefer”) +‎ 焼き (yaki, “grilling, frying, roasting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “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
  • (Tokyo) おこのみやき [òkónómíyákí] (Heiban – [0])[2][4][5]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ko̞no̞mʲija̠kʲi]

Noun

お好(この)み焼(や)き • (okonomiyaki) 

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

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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