麦
麦

barley, wheat

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麦価ばくかばっかNounFreq #3587
1

price of wheat

麦むぎNounFreq #11820
1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

Examples
その農民は畑に麦の種をまいた。
The farmer sowed his field with wheat.
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

小麦粉こむぎこNounFreq #15038
1

wheat flour

Examples
麺はふつう小麦粉から作られる。
Noodles are usually made from wheat.
小麦こむぎNounFreq #16141
1

wheat

Examples
この小麦は粉にされる。
This wheat is made into flour.
麦茶むぎちゃNounFreq #17370
1

barley tea

Examples
競争の後に、ジェーンは麦茶を２杯のみました。
Having run the race, Jane had two glasses of barley tea.
《そば》蕎麦そばむぎそまむぎNounUsually kanaFreq #19631
1

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

2

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.
2

蕎麦滓 only; Archaic; Orig. meaning

buckwheat chaff

麦わら帽子麦藁帽子麦わらぼうし麦稈帽子むぎわらぼうしNounFreq #32385
1

straw hat

Examples
私はこの古い麦藁帽子にとても愛着がある。
I am very much attached to this old straw hat.
小麦色こむぎいろNoun～の Adj.Freq #34258
1

light brown; golden brown; tan

Examples
私はこんがりと小麦色に日焼けした。
I was browned to a nice tan.
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