teppanyaki

English

Alternative forms

• tepanyaki, teppan-yaki

Etymology

From Japanese, 鉄板焼き (teppan'yaki), from 鉄板 (teppan, “iron plate”) + 焼き (yaki, “frying; roasting; broiling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɛpənˈjɑːki/

Noun

teppanyaki (countable and uncountable, plural teppanyakis)

1. A Japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate.

Usage notes

In English (particularly American English), this mostly refers to cooking steak on a teppan (griddle), while in Japanese one instead mostly cooks お好み焼き (okonomiyaki) on such griddles.

Synonyms

• hibachi
• Japanese steakhouse

Translations

a Japanese style of cooking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵板燒／铁板烧 (zh) (tiěbǎnshāo)

• Finnish: teppanyaki
• Japanese: 鉄板焼き (teppan'yaki)
• Korean: 철판구이 (cheolpan'gu'i)
• Russian: тэппанъя́ки n (tɛppanʺjáki)

Japanese

Romanization

teppanyaki

1. Rōmaji transcription of てっぱんやき