sukiyaki

[ soo-kee-yah-kee, sook-ee-, skee-yah-kee ]

noun

1. a Japanese dish made with beef, chicken, or pork and usually containing soy sauce, bean curd, and greens, often cooked over direct heat at the table.

sukiyaki

/ ˌsuːkɪˈjɑːkɪ /

noun

1. a Japanese dish consisting of very thinly sliced beef or other meat, vegetables, and seasonings cooked together quickly, usually at the table

Word History and Origins

Origin of sukiyaki¹

1920–25; < Japanese, equivalent to suki slice + yaki broil

Word History and Origins

Origin of sukiyaki¹

from Japanese

Example Sentences

There are four broths to choose from for soup: kombu, sukiyaki, creamy vegetable and spicy miso.

From Seattle Times

The city’s Japanese restaurants — Kawafuku in Little Tokyo and Yamashiro in Hollywood among them — were known for specializing in items such as sukiyaki, a beef dish calibrated for Americans’ sugar-craving tastes.

From Los Angeles Times

Japanese-style poached eggs, which were previously offered for free to customers with sukiyaki hot pot orders, now cost 55 yen each.

From BBC

Besides the sukiyaki box lunches, volunteers were handing out bananas, onions, cartons of eggs and small hand-warmers at the park.

From Seattle Times

It was sukiyaki, a different version of Japanese hot pot.

From Washington Post