Japanese symbol for “teriyaki”
照り焼き
てりやき
Romaji: teriyaki
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
In Japanese, teriyaki is 照り焼き, read てりやき (teriyaki).
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Meanings
- n teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled) (food)
Written forms: 照り焼き、照焼、照焼き、照り焼. Readings: てりやき、テリヤキ.
Kanji and stroke order
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 参照 | さんしょう sanshou | reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison |
| 照明 | しょうめい shoumei | illumination; lighting |
| 対照 | たいしょう taishou | contrast; antithesis; comparison |
| 照会 | しょうかい shoukai | inquiry; query; enquiry |
| 照らす | てらす terasu | to shine on; to illuminate |
| 照準 | しょうじゅん shoujun | sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment |
| 燃焼 | ねんしょう nenshou | burning; combustion |
| 焼肉 | やきにく yakiniku | yakiniku; Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue |
See also: Chinese symbol for “teriyaki”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.