Meanings
nounyakisoba (usually uncountable, plural yakisobas)
plural yakisobas
- uncountableusuallyA 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
Origin
- Japanese焼きそば
- Englishyakisoba
Borrowed from Japanese 焼きそば (literally “fried noodle”).
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Chinese Cantonese 日式炒麪 /日式炒面
- 日式炒麪 /日式炒面 (jat⁶ sik¹ caau² min⁶)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Chinese Mandarin 日式炒麵 /日式炒面
- 日式炒麵 /日式炒面 (rìshì chǎomiàn)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Hindi यकिसोबा
- यकिसोबा (yakisobā)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Indonesian yakisoba
- yakisobaJapanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Italian yakisoba
- yakisobaJapanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Korean 야키소바, 볶음우동
- 야키소바 (yakisoba)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
- 볶음우동 (bokkeumudong)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Persian یاکیسوبا
- یاکیسوبا (yâki-subâ)Japanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Portuguese yakisoba
- yakisobaJapanese dish made of fried wheat flour noodles, pork, vegetables and a sweet sauce
Cite this entry
APA
yakisoba. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakisoba
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“yakisoba.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakisoba. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yakisoba,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yakisoba.
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