Definitions For Teppanyaki

Noun

TEPPANYAKI. (countable and uncountable, plural TEPPANYAKIs) A japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate

Usage notes

In English (particularly American English), this mostly refers to cooking steak on a teppan (griddle), while in Japanese one instead mostly cooks お好み焼き, tr=okonomiyaki, sc=Jpan on such griddles.

Synonyms

hibachi Japanese steakhouse

Translations

Chinese: : Mandarin: 鐵板燒, sc=Hani, 铁板烧, tr=tiěbǎnshāo, sc=Hani Japanese: 鉄板焼き (てっぱんやき, teppan'yaki) Korean: 철판구이, sc=Kore Russian: тэппанъя́ки, n

Alternative forms

tepanyaki teppan-yaki

Etymology

From {{etyl, ja, en}}, sc=Jpan, 鉄板焼き, tr=てっぱんやき, teppan'yaki, from Middle Chinese 鐵 (tʰet "iron") + 板 (pǽn "board", "plank") + Japanese やき (yaki "to fry").

Is Teppanyaki a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK NO
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
23

The word Teppanyaki is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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