Yakitori
/jækɪˈtɔəɹi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt. countable, uncountable
"Friday night on Ninsei. He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade."
Example
More examples"Unfortunately, there isn't any yakitori in our city."
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 焼(や)き鳥(とり) (yakitori), from 焼(や)き (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + 鳥(とり) (tori, “bird”).