Etymology

yakiniku

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Today it means: Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style. Full definition →

Japanese 焼肉
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from焼肉
  2. English todayyakiniku

Borrowed from Japanese 焼肉 (yakiniku), from 焼き (yaki, “to grill, fry”) + 肉 (niku, “meat”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.