noodles; vermicelli
General term for noodle dishes, including ramen, udon, soba, and pasta.
I had noodles for lunch.
This restaurant has a wide variety of noodle dishes.
麺類 is the broader term covering all noodle dishes as a category, while 麺 refers to the noodles themselves as an ingredient.
Standard modern kanji spelling.
Contains the outdated kanji 麵; rarely used in modern writing.
Rarely used kanji form with 麪.
Compound of 麺 (men, 'noodles') and 類 (rui, 'kind, category').