Meaning & use
yakisoba
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Meaning
noununcountable
A Japanese dish of fried wheat noodles mixed with vegetables and often meat, flavored with a thick, sweet-savory sauce.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun: 'I ordered yakisoba.' It can also be countable when referring to a serving: 'two yakisoba, please.'
Patterns
- yakisoba with something
- a plate of yakisoba
- chicken yakisoba
We grabbed some yakisoba from the food stall at the festival.
She made yakisoba with cabbage, carrots, and pork for dinner.
The yakisoba was so good that we went back for seconds.
Common combinations
- chicken yakisoba
- I'll have the chicken yakisoba, please.
- vegetable yakisoba
- The vegetable yakisoba is a popular meatless option.
- yakisoba noodles
- You can find fresh yakisoba noodles in the refrigerated section.
- a plate of yakisoba
- He finished a whole plate of yakisoba by himself.
Synonyms and how they differ
- fried noodles
- A general English term for noodles cooked by frying; yakisoba is a specific Japanese style with a particular sauce.
Commonly confused: yakisoba or yaki udon?
yakisoba vs yaki udon
Yaki udon is a similar dish but uses thick, white udon noodles instead of the thinner wheat noodles used in yakisoba.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'yakisoba' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Yakisoba' is an uncountable noun, so it does not take 'a' or a plural -s when talking about the food in general. 'I ate yakisoba for lunch' is correct. The other options wrongly treat it as countable.
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