sukiyakin.

1920 Japan Advertiser 22 Aug. 5/1 Another name by which this dish [sc. nabe] is usually known outside of Tokyo, is suki-yaki. This is derived from suki, which means a spade, and yaki, to cook.

1932 H. A. Phillips Meet Japanese xvii. 185 Beef sukiyaki tasted good after a long day's jaunt.

1935 B. Woon San Francisco & Golden Empire v. 62 The best suki-yaki restaurant is not in the Japanese quarter but in a Japanese hotel near the corner of California Street and Grant Avenue. Here tasteful suki-yaki dishes are cooked in chafing-dishes, Japanese style.

1943 H. Mears Year of Wild Boar iii. 51 The Japanese who patronized this place..did so only to sample American culture, as in New York the American might dine in a Japanese sukiyaki restaurant.

1952 R. Cutforth Korean Reporter xvi. 147 There are other famous meals—Sukiyaki—a fry of chicken or beef with vegetables and soya.

1964 I. Fleming You only live Twice xxii. 253 A highly spiced dish of sukiyaki, the national dish of beef stew.

1970 P. Martin & J. Martin Japanese Cooking 72 Put a sukiyaki pan or a large, heavy frying pan over a portable cooking stove.

1977 Time 19 Dec. 43/1 (caption) Drama Coach Lee Strasberg cooks sukiyaki in Manhattan.