Nounbuckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) · soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles · Chinese-style wheat noodles

Nounsoba restaurant

Nounfreckle; lentigo; ephelis · buckwheat chaff

Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Intransitive verbto lean to one side; to oppose; to look aside; to regret

Nounside stroke

Nounpersonal attendant

Nounblow received by a bystander; getting dragged in to someone else's fight

Godan verb with 'tsu' ending, Intransitive verbto tower; to rise; to soar

Nounside road; shortcut

Nounbarge course

Nounsteep mountain road; dangerous mountain path

Nounmistress; kept woman; concubine · close female servant

Nounoutsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

Nounwooden side strips of a bow

Ichidan verb, Intransitive verbto play pranks; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

Nounbuckwheat chaff

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes

Nounnearby

Nounpersonal attendant; valet; maid

Nounbuckwheat flour

Ichidan verb, Transitive verbto strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)as soon as; right after

Nounsoba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

Nounmistress; concubine

Nounsoba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate

Nounsoba restaurant

Nounsobagome; buckwheat cooked with chicken and vegetables

Nounsoba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

Nounbuckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball

Nounsoba dipping sauce

Nounbuckwheat shōchū; soba shōchū

Nounbuckwheat cookie

Nounfox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes) · fox (i.e. a sly person) · soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu

Countercounter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins) · counter for portions of gyōza or soba · counter for ranks

Noundraining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; strainer; sieve · something full of holes · zaru soba

Noun, Noun, used as a suffix, Counterserving (of food); helping · chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce

Nounspecialized course; specialised course · something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)

Noungrey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus) · nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker · streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period)

Nounbamboo steamer; steaming basket; wooden frame holder with reed base used to steam food over a pot · soba served on a small wickerwork tray; wickerwork tray (for serving soba)

Nounhomely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman · okame; okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

NounChinese-style low dining table · Japanese-Chinese cuisine, served family-style (large dishes, diners help themselves), specialty of Nagasaki Chinese style low dining table · okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

Nounwarm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed) · exciting

Nounflank; side; loin; latus

Nounnoodle restaurant; ramen (udon, soba) restaurant

Nounsoba with tempura batter

Noun100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour

Nounyabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff

Nountempura soba without the noodles · missing the vital element

Nounsoba made from freshly harvested buckwheat