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Soba

2 stages from Japanese to English.

Today it means a thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour
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Stage 1 of 2
soba
Japanese · medieval
"buckwheat"
buckwheat, the grain from which the thin noodle is made
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Stage 2 of 2
soba
English · 1900s
"a thin Japanese noodle made from buckwheat flour"
adopted directly as Japanese cuisine spread internationally
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