Translation guide
The English word "skewer" can refer to the tool (a thin stick for holding food) or the action (to pierce or impale). This guide covers both meanings with natural Japanese equivalents.
Referring to the physical skewer used in cooking, such as a bamboo or metal stick.
The most common word for a skewer, used for grilled foods like yakitori. Can be made of bamboo or metal.
焼き鳥は串に刺して焼きます。
Yakitori is grilled on skewers.
竹串を水に浸けておくと焦げにくい。
Soaking bamboo skewers in water makes them less likely to burn.
Specifically a metal skewer, often used for grilling or as a tool in cooking.
金串を使って肉を焼く。
Grill meat using metal skewers.
Bamboo skewer, the most common type for home cooking and street food.
竹串に野菜と肉を交互に刺す。
Alternate vegetables and meat on bamboo skewers.
Describing the act of putting food onto a skewer, or piercing something with a sharp object.
General verb meaning 'to pierce' or 'to stab'. Used for skewering food or piercing with a sharp object.
肉を串に刺す。
Skewer the meat.
フォークでソーセージを刺す。
Pierce the sausage with a fork.
The most natural way to say 'to skewer' in cooking contexts. Literally 'pierce onto a skewer'.
野菜と肉を交互に串に刺してください。
Please skewer the vegetables and meat alternately.
Noun meaning 'skewering' as a technique, often used in professional cooking or food preparation.
串打ちの作業は熟練が必要だ。
The skewering process requires skill.
Using 'skewer' metaphorically to mean harsh criticism or ridicule.
To harshly criticize or pan, often used for reviews or public criticism.
評論家がその映画を酷評した。
The critic skewered the movie.
Idiom meaning 'to make an example of' or 'to single out for criticism', similar to being skewered publicly.
彼は会議でやり玉に挙げられた。
He was skewered at the meeting.
To verbally tear apart or harshly criticize, often in a blunt manner.
串刺し (くしざし) often implies impalement as a punishment or in a violent context (e.g., Vlad the Impaler). For cooking, use 串に刺す or simply 刺す.
彼はマシュマロを焼くために串に刺した。
He skewered the marshmallows for roasting.
レビュアーはそのレストランの新メニューを酷評した。
The reviewer skewered the restaurant's new menu.
上司が提案をこき下ろした。
The boss skewered the proposal.