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Japanese
Etymology 1
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| 【焼く】
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- to change something by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means:
- to burn
- to set on fire, to light on fire
- to burn to ashes
- to burn (to write data to a permanent storage medium)
- to use heat or flame to prepare something for eating or using:
- (cooking) to grill
- (cooking) to broil
- (cooking) to fry
- (cooking) to toast
- (cooking) to roast
- (cooking) to bake
- (pottery) to fire
- to apply moxibustion
- to expose to sunlight and cause to change color: to tan one's skin
- (photography) to print a photograph by shining a light through a negative
- to rub chemicals
- to have a sensation, to burn (the heart)
- (figuratively) to convey feelings from the heart:
- to worry
- to care
- 妬く: to envy, to be jealous
- to make someone happy
- (obsolete) to change on its own by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: to burn, to tan, to be cooked
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(This term, やく (yaku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as やく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as やく.)
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(The following entry is uncreated: 扼.)
Etymology 2
Suffix
やく • (-yaku)
- Forms verbs executing such action.
Usage notes
Attaches to mimetic words.
Derived terms