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teppanyaki

/ˌtɛpənˈjɑːki/noun

teppanyaki is spelled T-E-P-P-A-N-Y-A-K-I: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teppanyaki means “A Japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teppanyaki is teppanyakis.

How many letters and syllables are in teppanyaki?

Letters10: T-E-P-P-A-N-Y-A-K-I
In writingabout once in every 22 million words; the 141,699th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is teppanyaki?

Teppanyaki appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 141,699th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce teppanyaki?

  • /ˌtɛpənˈjɑːki/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-teppanyaki.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of teppanyaki

  • teppanyakis plural
  • tepanyaki
  • teppan-yaki

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does teppanyaki mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A Japanese style of cooking in which thin slices of meat, or fish, seafood, vegetables and noodles are quickly fried on a hotplate.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does teppanyaki come from?

From Japanese, 鉄板焼き (teppan'yaki), from 鉄板 (teppan, “iron plate”) + 焼き (yaki, “frying; roasting; broiling”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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