そば
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
2. soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
when read as "そば"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (70 in total)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
freckles; buckwheat chaff
soba restaurant
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
buckwheat flour
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
soba restaurant
soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
soba dipping sauce
buckwheat chaff
100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
handmade soba
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
buckwheat chaff
soba with tempura batter
Chinese soba; ramen
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring
100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl
Chinese soba; ramen
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
handmade soba
soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat
soba with broth poured over it
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
buckwheat flour
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
soba made with only buckwheat flour
soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
soba with egg
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
high quality soba
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
buckwheat cookie
dark soba
fresh soba (not dried)
high-quality soba
soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
fresh soba (not dried)
high-quality soba
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.