溝蕎麦

Japanese

Kanji in this term
溝 蕎 麦
みぞ
Grade: S 		そば
Jinmeiyō Grade: 2
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
溝蕎麥 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 溝 (mizo, “ditch, gutter, drain; groove”) +‎ 蕎麦 (soba, “buckwheat”),[1][2][3][4] from the way the plant would grow along the ditches of rice paddies, and resembles the buckwheat plant.[4]

First referenced in a work from 1712.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) みぞそば [mìzó sóbá] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [mʲizo̞ so̞ba̠]

Noun

溝(みぞ)蕎麦(そば) or 溝蕎麦(ミゾソバ) • (mizo soba) 

  1. [from 1712] Persicaria thunbergii
    Synonym: 牛の額 (ushi no hitai, literally “cow's forehead”)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ミゾソバ (mizosoba).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “溝蕎麦”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ “溝蕎麦”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎[2] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 “溝蕎麦”, in 日本辞典 (Nihon Jiten, “Japan Dictionary”) (in Japanese), 2007–2017.
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