蕎麦

noun

  1. soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
蕎麦
三十日蕎麦 みそかそば
晦日蕎麦
晦日蕎麦 みそかそば
晦日
 
 
晦日そば みそかそば

Contained Kanji Breakdown

three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
buckwheat
そば キョウ (Kentei Pre-1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
high, boasting
キョウ たか.い たかし (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
drink
の.む トン (Kentei Pre-1)
early death, calamity
ヨウ オウ カ (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
barley, wheat
むぎ バク (2nd, N2)
life (生) variant
late, delayed, winter radical (no. 34)
チ しゅう (Kentei 1)