yakisoba
/ˌjakɪˈsəʊbə
/noun [mass noun]
A Japanese dish of fried noodles, vegetables, and meat, served with a thick, sweetish sauce: dishes such as red curry soup, yakisoba, and pad thai taste fresh and honest...
- My mouth waters at the memory of the yakisoba.
- Much to my surprise, about ten minutes later that very same person came walking up to me with a big steaming plate of fresh yakisoba.
- The yakisoba really hit the spot since I hadn't planned on hiking up a large mountain and I didn't bring any lunch with me.
Origin
Japanese, from yaki 'grilling, frying' + soba (here referring to wheat rather than buckwheat noodles, originally as part of a longer Japanese term).
- Fromm, Erich
- from nature
- from now (or then etc.) on
- from on high
- from (or out of) nowhere
- from overseas
- from pillar to post
- (from) rags to riches
- from scratch
- from side to side
- unredacted
- unrede
- unredeemable
- unredeemed
- unredeemedly
- unredeeming
- unredressable
- unredressed
- unreduceable
- unreduced
- unreducible
- unredy
- unreel
- unreelable
- unreeve