お好み焼き

Japanese

Alternative spelling
お好み燒き (kyūjitai)

Compound of 御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 好(この)み (konomi, “preference”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 好(この)む (konomu, “to like, to prefer”)) + 焼(や)き (yaki, “grilling, frying, roasting”, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 焼(や)く (yaku, “to grill, to fry, to roast”)).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Literally, “grilling to your liking”.

お好(この)み焼(や)き • (okonomiyaki)

okonomiyaki (a Japanese style of savoury pan-fried thick pancake including a mixture of vegetables and beef, pork, or seafood)

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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