そば

soba

near, soba noodles

What does そば mean?

そば is a Japanese noun meaning near, soba noodles in English. It is written as そば in hiragana, and soba in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N5 vocabulary.

Example sentence

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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