teriyaki

noun Japanese Cookery.

1. a dish of grilled slices of beef, chicken, or fish that have been marinated in soy sauce seasoned with sake, ginger, and sugar.

adjective

2. prepared in this manner: chicken teriyaki.

adjective

1. basted with soy sauce and rice wine and broiled over an open fire

noun

2. a dish prepared in this way

1962, from Japanese, from teri “gloss, lustre” + yaki “roast.”