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undercooked; half-baked; not fully cooked
Food that has not been cooked thoroughly, leaving the inside raw or partially raw. Can also be used figuratively to describe something incomplete or half-done.
この肉は生焼けだ。
This meat is undercooked.
生焼けの鶏肉は食中毒の原因になる。
Undercooked chicken can cause food poisoning.
ハンバーグの中がまだ生焼けだったので、もう少し焼くことにした。
The inside of the hamburger steak was still undercooked, so I decided to cook it a bit more.
Composed of 生 (raw) and 焼け (burning/cooking). Describes food that appears cooked on the outside but remains raw or insufficiently cooked on the inside. This is an important concept in food safety, especially with meats.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 生焼けの肉: undercooked meat
- 生焼け状態: undercooked state
- 中が生焼け: undercooked inside
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 生: raw — completely uncooked
- レア: rare (cooking term) — borrowed from English; intentionally served lightly cooked
- 焼きすぎ: overcooked — too much cooking, the opposite problem
- 半生: half-raw / semi-dried — can mean partially raw food or half-dried products like noodles