焼く
やく
hepburn yaku
to burn, to grill, to bake (transitive)
Part of speech · godan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 母は朝、パンを焼きます。My mother bakes bread in the morning.
- 庭で落ち葉を焼きました。I burned fallen leaves in the garden.
Collocations
パンを焼く魚を焼く肉を焼く焼いて食べるよく焼く
Mnemonic
焼く yaku — kanji 焼 (to burn) + the godan ending く. Transitive: to grill, bake, or burn something with fire (object marked with を). Its intransitive partner is 焼ける (yakeru, to be burned/grilled). 焼 is the shinjitai of 燒, and appears in 夕焼け (sunset glow).
Quick check
What is the intransitive partner of 焼く?