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蕎 kanji
buckwheat
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- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 15
- School grade
- Jinmeiyō (names)
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キョウ
Kun readings
そば
Words with 蕎
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —夜鷹蕎麦ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
- —掛け蕎麦soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
- —支那蕎麦Chinese soba; ramen
- —中華蕎麦Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
- —ザル蕎麦zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
- —椀子蕎麦soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the customer never has an empty bowl
- —もり蕎麦chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
- —盛り蕎麦chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
- —蕎麦切りsoba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
- —蕎麦きりsoba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
- —やぶ蕎麦yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
- —年越蕎麦soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
- —蕎麦掻きbuckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
- —蕎麦搔きbuckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
- —晦日蕎麦soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
- —五目蕎麦soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat
- —沖縄蕎麦Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
- —阿亀蕎麦okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- —お亀蕎麦okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
- —手打蕎麦handmade soba
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