ソバ
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
freckles; buckwheat chaff
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
Examples (1 in total)
There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.