The act of roasting/grilling/baking; used as a noun or prefix/suffix in words for foods cooked by heat (e.g., grilled fish, yakitori).
今夜は焼き魚を作ろう。新鮮なサバがあるから焼きにするとおいしいよ。
Let's make grilled fish tonight. We have fresh mackerel, so it will be tasty when grilled.
パンは焼きたてがいちばんおいしい。
Freshly baked bread is the best.
炭で焼き上げた焼き肉は香ばしい香りがする。
Charcoal-grilled meat has a savory aroma.
Tempering/heating treatment in metallurgy — heat processes (like quenching/annealing) used to change material properties.
良い刃物を作るには適切な焼き入れが必要だ。
Proper hardening (heat treatment) is necessary to make a good blade.
Suffix meaning '-ware' for ceramics/pottery (as in 'Arita-yaki'); attached to a place or style name to indicate pottery from that region or tradition.
有田焼の器をお土産に買った。
I bought an Arita ware dish as a souvenir.
京都の清水焼は伝統的な技法で作られている。
Kyo (Kiyomizu) ware from Kyoto is made with traditional techniques.