Meanings
noundorayaki (countable and uncountable, plural dorayaki)
- countableuncountableA Japanese confection consisting of two sponge cake patties baked to resemble gongs, sandwiching a filling of sweet azuki bean paste.
Right now, in this bag I’m holding, there are three red bean dorayaki, three cream dorayaki, three red bean yōkan, three mung bean yōkan, three red bean dango, and three red bean mochi. […] Six dorayaki is five for forty sen plus one more for ten sen, which is fifty.
2024 November 12, Yáng Shuāng-zǐ, translated by Lin King, “Bah-Sò / Braised Minced Pork”, in Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel, Minneapolis, Minn.: Graywolf Press, →ISBN
Origin
From Japanese 銅鑼焼(どらや)き (dorayaki).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dorayaki
- dorayakiJapanese confection
Chinese 銅鑼燒 /铜锣烧, 铜锣烧
- 銅鑼燒 /铜锣烧 (tóngluóshāo)Japanese confection
- 铜锣烧 (tóngluóshaō)Japanese confection
French dorayaki
- dorayakiJapanese confection
Indonesian dorayaki
- dorayakiJapanese confection
Japanese 銅鑼焼き
- 銅鑼焼き (dorayaki)Japanese confection
Korean 도라야키
- 도라야키 (dorayaki)Japanese confection
Spanish dorayaki
- dorayakiJapanese confection
Swedish dorayaki
- dorayakiJapanese confection
Tamil டோராயாக்கி
- டோராயாக்கி (ṭōrāyākki)Japanese confection
Vietnamese bánh rán
- bánh ránJapanese confection
Cite this entry
APA
dorayaki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorayaki
MLA
“dorayaki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorayaki. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dorayaki,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dorayaki.
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