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麦
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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.
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そば only; Food, cooking
Chinese-style wheat noodles
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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
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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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Word usually written using kana alone
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)
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Archaic
lovable, caressable girl
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rye (Secale cereale)
Examples
アメリカは小麦・オート麦・ライ麦や他の穀物を食べる。
Americans eat lots of wheat, rye, and other grains.
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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.
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Food, cooking
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
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soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the customer never has an empty bowl
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soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
