soba dipping sauce
A concentrated soy-based sauce used for dipping cold soba noodles, typically made from dashi, soy sauce, and mirin.
Dip the chilled soba into the soba dipping sauce and eat it.
The soba dipping sauce is a bit strong; may I thin it with water?
A broader term for dipping sauce or soup broth; そばつゆ is a specific type.
Kana spelling is standard; usually written in kana.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still seen.
Alternate spelling using 汁 for 'broth/sauce'.
Full kanji spelling; rare in modern usage.
Compound of そば (soba, buckwheat noodles) and つゆ (tsuyu, dipping sauce or broth).