different between yakitori vs yakiton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (????), from ?? (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + ? (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jæk??t???i/

Noun

yakitori (countable and uncountable, plural yakitori or yakitoris)

1. A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 851:

     We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.

See also

• kushiyaki

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ??? (????, yakitori), from ?? (yaki, “grilled, toasted”) + ? (tori, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ja.ki.to.ri/
• Hyphenation: ya?ki?to?ri

Noun

yakitori (first-person possessive yakitoriku, second-person possessive yakitorimu, third-person possessive yakitorinya)

1. yakitori, a Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken, fish, vegetables or beef which have been marinated in soy sauce and then cooked on skewers.

Further reading

• “yakitori” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

yakitori

1. R?maji transcription of ????