蛸焼き

Japanese

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Takoyaki

蛸焼き (takoyaki)

Kanji in this term
蛸	焼
たこ Hyōgaiji	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

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

Noun

蛸(たこ)焼(や)き • (takoyaki)

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

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

[NHK-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

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