Word Meaning 年越しそば

としこしそば toshikoshisoba

年越しそば is read as としこしそば (toshikoshisoba) and means soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve.

Meaning

English

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

Reading

Kana

としこしそば

Romaji

toshikoshisoba

Writing Variants

年越し蕎麦 としこしそば toshikoshisoba
年越蕎麦 としこしそば toshikoshisoba

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 25 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 119575 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

年越し

としこし

greeting the New Year (on New Year's Eve)

年を越す

としをこす

to enter a New Year

年が越せる

としがこせる

to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

越年

えつねん

playing more than the usual 12 rounds in one game

越年草

えつねんそう

winter annual

越年生植物

えつねんせいしょくぶつ

winter annual

越年蝶

おつねんちょう

eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)

年頭

ねんとう

beginning of the year

年配

ねんぱい

(approximate) age

年末

ねんまつ

end-of-year

年収

ねんしゅう

annual income

年寄り

としより

important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)