焼く
やく
to bake, to grill
Yaku (焼く) is a godan verb meaning "to bake, to grill". Its polite form is 焼きます (yakimasu), its te form is 焼いて (yaite), its past form is 焼いた (yaita), and its negative form is 焼かない (yakanai).
Godan verbJLPT N4
Yaku (焼く) conjugation quick reference
焼く means "to bake, to grill". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Yaku example sentences
パンを焼きます。
I bake bread.
魚を焼きました。
I grilled fish.
肉を焼きません。
I don’t grill meat.
How to use Yaku: grammar notes
•Use を to mark what you're grilling or baking — for example, パンを焼く means "to bake bread."
•Use で to show where you're cooking — like オーブンでパンを焼く (bake bread in the oven).
•Don't confuse 焼く with cooking methods like 煮る (to boil) — 焼く is only for dry heat like grilling or baking.
•JLPT N4 level
Common phrases with Yaku
パンを焼く
to bake bread
魚を焼く
to grill fish
日に焼ける
to get sunburned / to get tanned (literally: to be burned by the sun)
Yaku (焼く) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 焼く | yaku |
| Masu Form | 焼きます | yakimasu |
| Te Form | 焼いて | yaite |
| Past Form | 焼いた | yaita |
| Negative Form | 焼かない | yakanai |
| Past Negative | 焼かなかった | yakanakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 焼きます | yakimasu |
| Polite Past | 焼きました | yakimashita |
| Polite Negative | 焼きません | yakimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 焼きませんでした | yakimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 焼ける | yakeru |
| Passive Form | 焼かれる | yakareru |
| Causative Form | 焼かせる | yakaseru |
| Causative Passive | 焼かされる | yakasareru |
| Volitional Form | 焼こう | yakou |
| Imperative Form | 焼け | yake |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 焼けば | yakeba |
| Conditional (たら) | 焼いたら | yaitara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 焼いている | yaiteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 焼きたい | yakitai |
| Prohibition | 焼くな | yakuna |