七 輪(しちりん)

しちりん

noun

shichirin; small portable charcoal grill

1. shichirin; small portable charcoal grill/brazier

A small, cylindrical charcoal cooking brazier traditionally made of diatomaceous earth (珪藻土(けいそうど)). Used in homes and restaurants for grilling fish, meat, and vegetables one piece at a time.

七輪(しちりん)で秋刀魚(さんま)を焼(や)いた。

I grilled saury on a shichirin.

この店(みせ)では七輪(しちりん)で肉(にく)を焼(や)いて食(た)べる。

At this restaurant you grill the meat yourself on a shichirin.

庭(にわ)に七輪(しちりん)を出(だ)して、家族(かぞく)で魚(さかな)や野菜(やさい)を焼(や)いて楽(たの)しんだ。

We brought the shichirin out into the garden and had fun grilling fish and vegetables as a family.

Said to come from the older practice of selling enough charcoal for one use at the price of 七厘(しちりん) (seven rin, a tiny denomination). The diatomaceous-earth body insulates the heat well, allowing strong grilling with little fuel.

Common collocations

七輪(しちりん)で焼(や)く: to grill on a shichirin
七輪(しちりん)焼(や)き: shichirin-grilled (dish style)
炭(すみ)を七輪(しちりん)に入(い)れる: to put charcoal in the shichirin

Cultural note

Long associated with home cooking of grilled fish (秋刀魚(さんま), 鯵(あじ)) and now also popular in 焼(やき)鳥(とり) and 焼(やき)肉(にく) restaurants that serve a personal grill per table.

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Added 2026.6.2 13:07 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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