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昔むかしは焼やき鳥とりといえばスズメなどの小こ鳥とりを串くしに刺さして焼やいたものだった。

Span Details

old days; the past; a long time ago; the past ten years; the past decade

noun, no-adjective, adverb

焼やき鳥とり

yakitori; grilled chicken skewers; grilled skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand in a half-game (mahjong)

quotation, conditional, companion, or and marker

say; utter; declare; name; call; make a sound; go (onomatopoeia)

-> 言うgodan verb

tree sparrow; sparrow; gossipy person; well-informed person; talkative insider

and so on; such as

possession, attribution, nominalizer, or nominal linker

小こ鳥とり

small bird; little bird

skewer; spit; proxy server

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

pierce; stab; prick; stick into; sting; bite; sew; stitch; embroider; pole a boat; catch with a limed pole; put a runner out; pick off

-> 刺すgodan verb

connective te-form

burn; set fire to; roast; grill; bake; toast; barbecue; heat; heat up; fire (pottery, bricks); make (charcoal); bake (bricks); tan (skin); sunburn; print (a photo); burn (a disc); be jealous of; envy

-> 焼くgodan verb

past tense or completed action

thing; object; stuff; one's things; possessions; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; formal noun for emphasis, tendency, or obligation; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

-> 物noun, noun suffix, prefix

者ものperson; someone of a certain type