Word Meaning 二八蕎麦

にはちそば nihachisoba

二八蕎麦 is read as にはちそば (nihachisoba) and means soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour.

Meaning

English

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

Reading

Kana

にはちそば

Romaji

nihachisoba

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

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二八

にはち

sixteen

二十八宿

にじゅうはっしゅく

twenty-eight mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

二八

にっぱち

February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)

蕎麦

そば

Chinese-style noodles

三十日蕎麦

みそかそば

soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

月見蕎麦

つきみそば

soba with egg

十割蕎麦

じゅうわりそば

soba made with only buckwheat flour

新蕎麦

しんそば

soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat

引越し蕎麦

ひっこしそば

soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in

田舎蕎麦

いなかそば

dark soba

更科蕎麦

さらしなそば

high quality soba

夜鳴き蕎麦

よなきそば

ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)