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そば

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Meanings

Noun

1. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) (Usually kana)

2. soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles (Usually kana, Abbreviation)

3. Chinese-style wheat noodles (Usually kana)

Other spellings

蕎麦そば

Kanji in other spellings

蕎buckwheat 麦wheat

Pitch accent

そば

Used in vocabulary

蕎麦そば屋や

soba restaurant

Noun

蕎麦そば切きり

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

Noun

生なま蕎麦そば

fresh soba (not dried)

Noun

そばがら

buckwheat chaff

Noun

月つき見み蕎麦そば

soba with egg

Noun

狸たぬき蕎麦そば

soba with tempura batter

Noun

夜よ鷹たかそば

ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

Noun

そば粉こ

buckwheat flour

Noun

かけそば

soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

Noun

もりそば

chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

Noun

やぶそば

yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff

Noun

年とし越こしそば

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

Noun

Examples4

長なが野のにいる友ゆう人じんを訪ほう問もんした際さい、おいしいそばをごちそうになった。

When I visited my friend in Nagano, I was treated to delicious soba.

名な古ご屋やに住すむ友ゆう人じんを訪たずねた時とき、おいしいそばをおごってもらった。

When I visited my friend in Nagoya, I was treated to delicious soba.

そばはそば粉こから、うどんやきしめんは普ふ通つうの小こ麦むぎ粉こからできてるの。

Soba is made of buckwheat flour, and udon and kishimen are made of plain wheat flour.

すぐそこでそばを立たち食ぐいしてきた。

I had a bowl of noodles at a street nearby.