Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sukiyaki

/ˌsʊkiˈjɑki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English

Syllables: sukiya-ki
IPA: /ˌsʊkiˈjɑki/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese dish of thinly-sliced beef and tofu with dashi, mirin and soy sauce cooked quickly at the table.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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)."
"We played golf all day and lived Japanese-style after the massage and paper-and-scissors games with the geishas who cooked our sukiyakis."

Etymology

From Japanese 鋤焼き (sukiyaki). First attested in 1907.

Origin

Source language: Japanese
First known use: First attested in 1907

Word Breakdown

Root: 鋤焼き

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌsʊkiˈjɑki/
British English: /ˌsʊkiˈjaki/

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

sukiyakis (plural)

Phrases

hot pot shabu-shabu

Frequently Paired Words

hot pot hotpot shabu-shabu steamboat

Rhymes With

hockey rocky jockey cocky khaki kawasaki nagasaki maki aki miyazaki stocky sasaki

Questions

How do you pronounce sukiyaki?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsʊkiˈjɑki/.
What does sukiyaki mean?: A Japanese dish of thinly-sliced beef and tofu with dashi, mirin and soy sauce cooked quickly at the table.
Where does sukiyaki come from?: It is traced to Japanese. First known use: First attested in 1907.

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