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yakisoba

/ˌjɑkiˈsoʊbə/

yakisoba noun: a Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce.

Noun

yakisoba (usually uncountable, plural yakisobas)

  1. (usually) A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce.
    • Yakisoba is one of those dishes with roots in several countries. Although it’s from Japan, it is Chinese influenced, similar to chow mein and lo mein. However you define it, there are thousands of ways to make yakisoba, many of them good.2010 February 26, Mark Bittman, “Yakisoba: Leeway Among the Noodles”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

yakisoba meaning in Hindi, Sinhala, Indonesian and Persian

yakisoba in Hindi

Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
यकिसोबा yakisobā

yakisoba in Sinhala

Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
යකිසොබා yakisobā

yakisoba in Indonesian

Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
yakisoba

yakisoba in Persian

Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
یاکیسوبا yâki-subâ

Forms of yakisoba

pluralyakisobas

Origin of yakisoba

Borrowed from Japanese 焼きそば (literally “fried noodle”).

Questions about yakisoba

What does yakisoba mean?
Yakisoba means a Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce.
What is yakisoba in Hindi?
Yakisoba in Hindi is यकिसोबा (yakisobā). See Yakisoba meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is yakisoba?
Yakisoba is a noun.
How do you pronounce yakisoba?
Yakisoba is pronounced /ˌjɑkiˈsoʊbə/.
What is the plural of yakisoba?
The plural of yakisoba is yakisobas.

Words near yakisoba in the dictionary

  1. Yakimites
  2. yakimono
  3. yakin
  4. yakiniku
  5. yakins
  6. yakisoba
  7. yakisobas
  8. yakisugi
  9. yakitori
  10. yakitoris
  11. yakity-yak

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