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そば

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そば
Meaning
    1. ①
      buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)
    2. ②
      food, cooking
      soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
      Only applies to そば
      See also: そば切り (そばきり)
      長野ながのにいる友人ゆうじんを訪問ほうもんした際さい、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. ③
      food, cooking
      Chinese-style wheat noodles
      Only applies to そば
Other entries with this writing
そば (place) near by, (place) close by, (place) right next to, the side (of something), beside, vicinity, proximity, neighbourhood (neighborhood)
Kanji
蕎 キョウ buckwheat 麦 バク barley, wheat
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Sentences
日本にっぽんでは大晦日おおみそかに蕎麦そばを食たべる習慣しゅうかんがあります。
There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.