そばかす

noun

freckle; lentigo; ephelis

Common word for freckles; the medical terms 'lentigo' and 'ephelis' are less frequent.

• 彼かの女じょは鼻はなの周まわりにそばかすがある。

  She has freckles around her nose.

• 夏なつになるとそばかすが濃こくなる。

  My freckles become darker in the summer.

noun

buckwheat chaff

Only when written 蕎麦滓

Archaic original meaning, restricted to the kanji form 蕎麦滓; now replaced by 蕎麦殻 (そばがら).

See also: そば殻

• 古こ語ごでは「蕎麦そば滓かす」と書かいてそばかすと読よんだが、今いまは蕎麦そば殻がらと言いう。

  In old language, 蕎麦滓 was read as そばかす, but now it is called そばがら.