Word Meaning お好み焼き

おこのみやき okonomiyaki

お好み焼き is read as おこのみやき (okonomiyaki) and means okonomiyaki.

Meaning

English

  1. okonomiyaki
  2. savoury pancake fried on an iron griddle with vegetables, meat and/or seafood and topped with various sauces and condiments

Reading

Kana

おこのみやき

Romaji

okonomiyaki

Writing Variants

  • お好み焼 おこのみやき okonomiyaki
  • 御好み焼 おこのみやき okonomiyaki
  • 御好み焼き おこのみやき okonomiyaki

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 24379 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お好み焼屋

おこのみやきや

okonomiyaki restaurant

お客好き

おきゃくずき

enjoys company

塩焼き

しおやき

boiling seawater to get salt

炭焼き

すみやき

charcoal making

照り焼き

てりやき

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)

卵焼き

たまごやき

fried egg

薄焼き

うすやき

frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)

南京焼き

なんきんやき

Nanking porcelain

両面焼き

りょうめんやき

fried on both sides

放物焼き

ほるもんやき

fried beef or pork offal (entrails)

広島焼き

ひろしまやき

Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (usu. contains noodles and meat and/or seafood which are not mixed in with the batter)

Example Sentences

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I ate okonomiyaki.

Yesterday, I cooked Okonomiyaki.

In Japan, I often ate okonomiyaki.

Yesterday, I cooked Okonomiyaki.

The Okonomiyaki was very delicious.

Okonomiyaki itself is delicious, but it's a hit-or-miss depending on the restaurant that makes it.

Although there are people who say they are able to eat okonomiyaki every day, it wouldn't work for me.

"I went out for some okonomiyaki yesterday." "Nice! I'm jealous." "I also took some pictures. Want to see them?" "Yeah! Ohh, they look so good." "This white one over here is double cheese. Let's try it whenever we go together."