N21141/1725

蕎麦そば

gikun or jukujikunobsolete readingusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)abbreviationfoodcooking

Reading

そば

Meanings

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
soba, Japanese buckwheat noodles(explanation)
Chinese-style wheat noodles

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Example sentences

昼食ちゅうしょくに蕎麦そばを食たべました。

I ate soba for lunch.

この店みせの蕎麦そばはとても美味おいしいと聞きいています。

I've heard that the soba at this restaurant is very delicious.

蕎麦そばアレルギーがあるので、うどんを注文ちゅうもんしました。

Since I have a buckwheat allergy, I ordered udon instead.

年越としこしには蕎麦そばを食たべる習慣しゅうかんが日本にほんにはあります。

There is a custom in Japan of eating soba to ring in the New Year.

手打てうち蕎麦そばを作つくるためには、蕎麦粉そばこの質しつが重要じゅうような要素ようその一ひとつとなる。

When making hand-made soba, the quality of the buckwheat flour is one of the key factors.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)