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JLPT N4 · Verb

焼く (yaku)

焼く (やく, yaku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to burn”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
やく
Romaji
yaku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to burn · godan verb, transitive
  2. to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast · godan verb, transitive
  3. to heat; to heat up · godan verb, transitive
  4. to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn · godan verb, transitive
  5. to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

このお肉をもうすこし焼いてくださいませんか。
Could you cook this meat a little more?
Tatoeba #223928
この夏はこんがり焼こうと思います。
I am going to try to get a good tan.
Tatoeba #222865

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 焼く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary焼くやく yaku
Polite (~masu)焼きますやきます yakimasu
Negative焼かないやかない yakanai
Polite negative焼きませんやきません yakimasen
Past焼いたやいた yaita
Polite past焼きましたやきました yakimashita
Negative past焼かなかったやかなかった yakanakatta
Te-form焼いてやいて yaite
Potential焼けるやける yakeru
Passive焼かれるやかれる yakareru
Causative焼かせるやかせる yakaseru
Volitional焼こうやこう yakou
Imperative焼けやけ yake
Conditional (~ba)焼けばやけば yakeba

Kanji in 焼く

焼
bake, burningショウ・や.く・や.き · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 焼く.

焼けるやけるto burn燃焼ねんしょうburning夕焼けゆうやけevening glow日焼けひやけsunburn

Source: JMdict entry 1350600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.