を焼く

bake; cook (food) with heat, burn (something)

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phrase Common #6,622
bake; cook (food) with heat Used for foods such as bread, cakes, and cookies, and also for roasting meat; the best English verb depends on the food.
JA: 母は週末にパンとクッキーを焼く。
EN: My mother bakes bread and cookies on weekends.

エミリー以上にすばらしいアップルパイを焼く人はいない。

No one bakes a better apple pie than Emily.

母は週末にパンとクッキーを焼く。

My mother bakes bread and cookies on weekends.

ブタを焼くぞ

I'm going to roast the pig.

— エリート・スクワッド ブラジル特殊部隊BOPE (2010)

「誰がケーキを焼くの?」「アレサンドラだよ」

“Who’s baking the cake?” “Alessandra is.”

母は日曜日にはクッキーを焼く。

My mother bakes cookies on Sundays.

phrase Rare #41,466
burn (something) To set something on fire and let it burn; it can also be used figuratively.
JA: 芝居のヒロインは皆、手紙を焼くものです。
EN: The heroines in plays always burn their letters.

芝居のヒロインは皆手紙を焼くものです

All heroines in plays burn letters.

— さらば、わが愛/覇王別姫 (1993)

火の娘がわしらを焼く

The daughter of fire burns us.

— 君たちはどう生きるか (2023)

胞子を焼く道具は武器にもなります

The tool used to burn spores can also be used as a weapon.

— 風の谷のナウシカ (1984)

胞子を焼く手伝いに行ってくれ

Go help burn the spores.

— 風の谷のナウシカ (1984)