Etymology

yakisoba

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Today it means: A Japanese stir-fried dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables, and a sweet sauce. Full definition →

Japanese 焼きそば
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from焼きそば
  2. English todayyakisoba

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.