teppanyaki
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Japanese, 鉄板焼き (teppan'yaki), from 鉄板 (teppan, “iron plate”) + 焼き (yaki, “frying; roasting; broiling”).
Pronunciation
Noun
teppanyaki (countable and uncountable, plural teppanyakis)
- A Japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate.
Usage notes
In English (particularly American English), this mostly refers to cooking steak on a teppan (griddle), while in Japanese one instead mostly cooks お好み焼き (okonomiyaki) on such griddles.
Synonyms
Translations
a Japanese style of cooking
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Japanese
Romanization
teppanyaki