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焼く
yaku
Description
「焼く」は、火や熱を使って食べ物を作るときによく使う言葉です。
"焼く" is a word often used when cooking food using fire or heat.
パンや肉を焼いたり、日に焼けて肌が茶色くなったりするときにも使います。
It is also used when baking bread or meat, or when skin tans and turns brown from the sun.
Meanings
焼くyaku
to grill, bake, roast, or cook with heat
朝ごはんにパンを焼きます。
I bake bread for breakfast.
焼くyaku
to burn something (with fire)
古い手紙を焼きました。
I burned old letters.
焼くyaku
to tan the skin in the sun
夏に海で肌を焼きたいです。
I want to tan at the beach in summer.
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Notes
- Nuance
transitive 焼く takes を; its intransitive pair 焼ける means something bakes/burns by itself.
- Etymology
broadly covers cooking with dry heat, burning, and sun-tanning.
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