焼(や)く

やく

verb (godan)

to bake, to grill, to burn

1. to bake, to grill, to roast

To cook food using dry heat, such as in an oven or on a grill.

パンを焼(や)く。

Bake bread.

Grill meat and eat it.

My mother bakes bread every morning and serves it to the family.

2. to burn

To damage or destroy something with fire or heat.

ゴミを焼(や)く。

Burn garbage.

I gathered up old letters and burned them.

When I gathered the fallen leaves in the yard and burned them, the smoke was terrible.

3. to make (copies, CDs)

To create copies by burning data onto a disc.

CD を焼(や)く。

Burn a CD.

I burned the photo data onto a DVD.

Let's burn the important files onto one more disc as a backup.

TRANSITIVITY: 他動詞(たどうし) (transitive). Pair: 焼(や)ける (intransitive, to burn/be grilled). Pattern: Xを焼(や)く (bake/grill/burn X).

ASPECT: ている indicates ongoing action. 焼(や)いている = 'is grilling/baking.'

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