Word Meaning 蕎麦

そば soba

蕎麦 is read as そば (soba) and means Chinese-style noodles.

Meaning

English

  1. Chinese-style noodles
  2. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
  3. soba
  4. Japanese buckwheat noodles

Reading

Kana

そば

Romaji

soba

Writing Variants

  • 蕎麦 そばむぎ sobamugi
  • 蕎麦 そまむぎ somamugi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蕎麦屋

そばや

soba restaurant

蕎麦ボーロ

そばぼーろ

buckwheat cookie

蕎麦掻

そばがき

buckwheat dumpling

月見蕎麦

つきみそば

soba with egg

二八蕎麦

にはちそば

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

手打蕎麦

てうちそば

handmade soba

十割蕎麦

じゅうわりそば

soba made with only buckwheat flour

新蕎麦

あらそば

soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat

年越蕎麦

としこしそば

soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

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

Example Sentences

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そばはつめたくしてもおいしい。

Soba is also tasty when served cold.

ひるはえきまえのみせでそばをたべた。

I ate soba at the shop in front of the station for lunch.

このはたけではまいとしそばをそだてている。

Buckwheat is grown in this field every year.

あたたかいそばをいっぱいください。

One bowl of hot soba, please.

かれはそばあれるぎーがある。

He is allergic to buckwheat.

そばのはながしろくさいていた。

The buckwheat flowers were blooming white.

りょかんのちょうしょくにそばがでた。

Soba was served for breakfast at the inn.

ちちはにちようびによくそばをうつ。

My father often makes soba from scratch on Sundays.

このみせのそばつゆはすこしあまい。

The soba dipping sauce at this shop is a little sweet.

There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.