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そば
そば
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Near, close, beside; Japanese traditional buckwheat noodle
soba
N3
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JLPT Level
N3
Intermediate · ~3,750 vocab · News & manga
Kana
そば
Romaji
soba
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What does そば mean in Japanese?
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The word そば (そば) means "near, close, beside; Japanese traditional buckwheat noodle" in Japanese. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary.
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そば is a JLPT N3 vocabulary item. Intermediate · ~3,750 vocab · News & manga
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