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Meaning of yakitori | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/jækɪˈtɔəɹi/

Definitions

A Japanese shish kebab-type dish made with small pieces of chicken or other ingredients cooked on skewers, often marinated in soy sauce or seasoned with salt.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Friday night on Ninsei. He passed yakitori stands and massage parlors, a franchised coffee shop called Beautiful Girl, the electronic thunder of an arcade.”
“We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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