Meanings
plural sukiyakis
- uncountableusuallyA Japanese dish of thinly-sliced beef and tofu with dashi, mirin and soy sauce cooked quickly at the table.
We played golf all day and lived Japanese-style after the massage and paper-and-scissors games with the geishas who cooked our sukiyakis.
1991, John O. Coote, Submariner, page 2061 more example
The menu included: udon (noodle soup), chicken udon, chawan moosh (steamed custard, fine vegetables), tamago yaki (ham omelette), suki yaki (chop suey), chicken suki yaki (chicken chop suey), ira udon (chop suey, fried noodles), chicken iri udon, mesha (rice), chab (tea), shoga (candy ginger).
1907 February 28, Janet M. Hill, “After Breakfast Chat”, in The Boston Cooking-School Magazine, volume 10, number 7, Boston, page 346
Origin
- Japanese鋤焼き
- Englishsukiyaki
From Japanese 鋤焼き (sukiyaki). First attested in 1907.
More words from Japanese
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سوكيياكي
- سوكيياكي (sukiyākī)a Japanese dish
Chinese Mandarin 壽喜燒 /寿喜烧
- 壽喜燒 /寿喜烧 (shòuxǐshāo)a Japanese dish
Japanese 鋤焼き
- 鋤焼き (sukiyaki)a Japanese dish
Korean 스키야키
- 스키야키 (seukiyaki)a Japanese dish
Malay sukiyaki
- sukiyakia Japanese dish
Polish sukiyaki
- sukiyakia Japanese dish
Russian сукия́ки
- сукия́ки (sukijáki)a Japanese dish
Swedish sukiyaki
- sukiyakia Japanese dish
Tagalog sukiyaki
- sukiyakia Japanese dish
Thai สุกียากี้, สุกี้
- สุกียากี้a Japanese dish
- สุกี้ (sù-gîi)a Japanese dish
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