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月見蕎麦 (つきみそば) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

月つき見み蕎麦そば

Meanings

1

noun

soba with egg

A bowl of soba noodles topped with a raw or soft-boiled egg, named after the moon-viewing festival because the egg resembles a full moon.

寒さむい夜よるは月つき見み蕎麦そばが食たべたくなる。
On a cold night, I crave soba with egg.

Written forms

月つき見み蕎麦そば
Standard kanji spelling for this dish name.
月つき見みそば
Common mixed kana spelling; 蕎麦 is often written as そば in everyday contexts.

Kanji

月month, moon
見see, hopes, chances

蕎buckwheat

麦barley, wheat

Similar words

月つき見みうどん
Udon version of the same dish; uses thick wheat noodles instead of soba.
天てんぷらそば
Soba topped with tempura, another popular hot soba dish.

Etymology

From 月見 (moon viewing) + 蕎麦 (soba). The egg resembles a full moon, evoking the autumn moon-viewing tradition.