蕎
蕎

buckwheat

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Common Words

焼きそばやきそば焼そば焼き蕎麦NounFreq #15031
1

Food, cooking

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

《そば》蕎麦そばむぎそまむぎNounUsually kanaFreq #19631
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buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

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そば only; Abbreviation; Food, cooking

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

Examples
長野にいる友人を訪問した際、おいしいそばをごちそうになった。
When I visited my friend in Nagano, I was treated to delicious soba.
3

そば only; Food, cooking

Chinese-style wheat noodles

そばかすソバカス雀斑蕎麦滓NounFreq #27657
1

Word usually written using kana alone

freckle; lentigo; ephelis

Examples
家では赤味がかった髪とそばかすのせいで、母が侮蔑を込めて「にんじん」と名付け、皆にもそう呼ばせています。
At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.
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蕎麦滓 only; Archaic; Orig. meaning

buckwheat chaff

焼きそばパンやきそばパンNounFreq #39303
1

Food, cooking

yakisoba sandwich

蕎麦屋そば屋そばやNounFreq #43047
1

soba restaurant

年越しそば年越し蕎麦年越蕎麦としこしそばNounFreq #71935
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soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve

カップ焼きそばカップやきそばNounFreq #76606
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instant yakisoba in a cup

そば粉蕎麦粉そばこNounFreq #79198
1

buckwheat flour

Examples
そばはそば粉から、うどんやきしめんは普通の小麦粉からできてるの。
Soba is made of buckwheat flour, and udon and kishimen are made of plain wheat flour.
かけそばかけ蕎麦掛け蕎麦NounUsually kanaFreq #84799
1

Food, cooking

soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings

ざるそばざる蕎麦ザル蕎麦笊蕎麦笊そばNounUsually kanaFreq #87671
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Food, cooking

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

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