: a dish consisting of thin slices of meat, tofu, and vegetables cooked in soy sauce and sugar

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Each is made in limited annual quantities, all have earned 90 points or more from top raters, and the duo tasted the wines with Japanese dishes at top local restaurants including the 3-Michelin starred Single Thread, as well Miki’s homemade sukiyaki. Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Recent guests also rave about the on-site food, including the option to indulge in the fireside dinner on an open grill with menu items like Agu pork shabu-shabu and Okinawa soba noodle; Agu pork and Okinawa Motobu beef mixed sukiyaki; or seafood BBQ and Okinawan Jushi steamed rice. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 16 Feb. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Japanese, from suki- slice + yaki broil

First Known Use

1919, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sukiyaki was in 1919

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“Sukiyaki.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sukiyaki. Accessed 17 Feb. 2025.

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