Etymology

Noun

1. A Japanese shishkabob-type dish made with small pieces of chicken, fish, vegetables or beef which have been marinated in soy sauce and then cooked on skewers.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 851:

     We should have the bazaars full of yakitori pitches and geishas in bamboo cages.