No. 278 in Japanese
蕎麦
Buckwheat noodles.
In a sentence
夕食に温かい蕎麦を食べました。
I had warm soba noodles for dinner.
Here, '蕎麦' is used to refer to the food item, soba noodles.
この地域では多くの蕎麦畑があります。
There are many soba fields in this area.
In this sentence, '蕎麦' refers to the buckwheat plant that is used to make soba noodles.
家の近くに美味しい蕎麦屋があります。
There is a delicious soba restaurant near my house.
Here, '蕎麦' introduces the type of restaurant, specifically one that serves soba noodles.
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