焼(や)き印(いん)

やきいん
noun
branding iron; brand mark; burn mark (stamped with a heated iron)
toolfood
1. branding iron; brand mark; burn mark (stamped with a heated iron)
A mark made by pressing a heated metal stamp onto a surface, or the tool used to make such marks.
どら焼(や)きに焼(や)き印(いん)を押(お)す。
To press a brand mark onto a dorayaki.
この木箱(きばこ)には焼(や)き印(いん)で名前(なまえ)が入(はい)っている。
This wooden box has a name branded into it.
和菓子屋(わがしや)では店(みせ)の名前(なまえ)の焼(や)き印(いん)を使(つか)うことが多(おお)い。
Japanese confectionery shops often use branding irons with their shop name.

A compound of 焼(や)く (to burn/grill) and 印(いん) (mark/seal). In Japanese traditional crafts, branding irons are commonly used to mark wooden products, leather goods, and sweets. Japanese confections like 饅頭(まんじゅう) and どら焼(や)き often bear the shop's brand mark as a decorative element.

Common collocations

  • 焼(や)き印(いん)を押(お)す: to brand, to press a mark
  • 焼(や)き印(いん)を入(い)れる: to put a brand mark on
  • 店名(てんめい)の焼(や)き印(いん): brand mark with the shop name

Related words

  • 烙印(らくいん): brand, stigma — can also be used figuratively for a mark of shame
  • 刻印(こくいん): engraving, stamped mark — carved rather than burned
  • 印(しるし): mark, symbol — broader term for any kind of mark

Related Words

Related: 刻印(こくいん) (engraving, stamped mark)
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Added 2026.5.7 21:19 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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