焼く

Etymology
From. Appears in the ' of 712, and in the ' completed some time after 759. From.

Verb

 * 1) to change something by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means:
 * 2) to burn
 * 3)  to set on fire, to light on fire
 * 4)  to burn to ashes
 * 5) to burn to write data to a permanent storage medium
 * 6)  to use heat or flame to prepare something for eating or using:
 * 7)  to grill
 * 8)  to broil
 * 9)  to fry
 * 10)  to toast
 * 11)  to roast
 * 12)  to bake
 * 13)  to fire
 * 14)  to apply moxibustion
 * 15)  to expose to sunlight and cause to change color: to tan one's skin
 * 16)   to print a photograph by shining a light through a negative
 * 17)  to rub chemicals
 * 18)  to have a sensation, to burn (the heart)
 * 19)  to convey feelings from the heart:
 * 20)  to worry
 * 21) to care
 * 22)   to envy, to be jealous
 * 23)  to make someone happy

Derived terms

 * : a baked sweet potato
 * : a branding iron; a brand
 * : table salt
 * : grilled nori, grilled laver
 * : a pyrograph, pokerwork, woodburning
 * : a grilled or broiled fish
 * : yakisoba, stir-fried noodles
 * : a semidiesel engine
 * : a branding iron
 * : a spit, a skewer
 * : a roasted chestnut
 * : to burn to death, to kill by burning
 * : to dispose of by burning, to incinerate
 * : to be finished baking, broiling, firing, printing, etc.
 * : to finish baking, broiling, firing, printing, etc. something
 * : a crematorium
 * : a heated stone
 * : to burn something off, to separate something by burning; to fully broil, roast, etc. something
 * : smelted gold, purified gold
 * : pottery, ceramics, stoneware, china
 * : teriyaki

Verb

 * 1)  to change on its own by means of fire, light, chemicals, or other means: to burn, to tan, to be cooked

Usage notes
The intransitive use of yaku is now obsolete, and has been superseded by the modern form.