蛸焼き

Japanese
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) 

  1. takoyaki

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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