Keyword
wheat
Info
FrequencyTop 1500-1600
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig1653
Old form麥
Readings
むぎ
(83%)
ば
(10%)
ばく
(5%)
Composed of
king with a hat
late winter
Used in kanji (3 in total)
noodles
malted rice
light wheat-gluten bread [simplified]
Used in vocabulary (208 in total)
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
light brown; golden brown; tan
wheat field; barley field; cornfield
soba restaurant
barley (Hordeum vulgare)
wheat straw; barley straw
rye (Secale cereale)
ear of wheat
boiled barley and rice
wheat straw; barley straw
buckwheat flour
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
oat (Avena sativa); oats
wheat flour
barley tea
darnel (Lolium temulentum)
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
rice and barley; corn
wheat harvest
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
treading on wheat seedlings after planting (for better yield and health)
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
rice field used to grow wheat
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
wheat straw; barley straw
wheat grain
naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
wheat raising
wheat harvest
thin udon noodles (served chilled)
Namamugi Incident (August 1862); Kanagawa Incident; Richardson Affair
wheat sheaf; stacked wheat
soba dipping sauce
wort (beer before yeast is added); sweet wort
flour made from parched barley
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; oat (Avena sativa); oats
rye (Secale cereale)
soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat
soba made with only buckwheat flour
soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour
oat (Avena sativa); oats
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
thin udon noodles (served chilled)
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; oat (Avena sativa); oats
Chinese soba; ramen
wheat variety
maltose; malt sugar
yakisoba sandwich
grated yam over barley rice
boiled barley and rice
wheat planting
oat (Avena sativa); oats
rolled barley; rolled oats
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
ground barley; cracked barley
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
flour made from parched barley
Japanese pearl barley; glutinous barley; mochi mugi
soba with tempura batter
adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi var. ma-yuen); Job's tears; coixseed; tear grass; adlai
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
wheat (for breadmaking)
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
buckwheat chaff
flour made from parched barley
barley miso
durum wheat (Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum durum)
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
unpolished wheat or barley
boiled barley and rice
buckwheat with the husk intact; buckwheat dried in the sun
soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
boiled barley and rice
soba dipping sauce
boiled barley and rice
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
barley cleaning; wheat cleaning; cleaned barley; cleaned wheat
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
wheat-straw whistle
green barley; barley grass
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
100% buckwheat soba; soba made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour
rolled barley; rolled oats
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
buckwheat shōchū; soba shōchū
cha soba; soba containing green tea
soba with broth poured over it
soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)
field of grain (not rice)
soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the customer never has an empty bowl
polishing wheat
sowing wheat or barley
Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)
zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
ergot fungus (Claviceps purpurea)
whole-wheat
freckle; lentigo; ephelis; (arch.) buckwheat chaff
naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
sty (on the eyelid); hordeolum
wheat harvest
soba restaurant
red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus); gurnet; sea robin
wheat threshing
price of wheat
wild oat (Avena fatua); wild oats; oat (Avena sativa); oats
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
instant yakisoba in a cup
soba in hot broth; soba without any trimmings
soba stall with a stand-up counter only; standing soba noodle restaurant; stand-up soba noodle bar
chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
aburasoba; dry noodle dish with oil-based sauce
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
yabu soba; green-colored soba made from buckwheat flour milled with green buckwheat berry chaff
soba made with only buckwheat flour
The Catcher in the Rye (1951 novel by J. D. Salinger)
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
rolled barley; rolled oats
grated yam over barley rice
soba and rice cooked together along with meat, vegetables, etc. on a metal plate
soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring
ground barley; cracked barley
soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat
Japanese pearl barley; glutinous barley; mochi mugi
Japanese pearl barley; glutinous barley; mochi mugi
Japanese pearl barley; glutinous barley; mochi mugi
Tartary buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum); green buckwheat
ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)
soba with broth poured over it
soba with broth poured over it
buckwheat cookie
perennial rye-grass (Lolium perenne); English ryegrass; winter ryegrass
wheat threshing
wheat bulb; wheat grain light bulb
kanji "wheat" radical
wort filtration; lautering; sparging
wort filtration; lautering; sparging
threshing floor; place for threshing wheat
ground barley; cracked barley
ground barley; cracked barley
ground barley; cracked barley
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
warm soba noodles (esp. for dipping, either served after being boiled, or cooled and then rewarmed)
emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum)
fresh soba (not dried)
high-quality soba
spelt (Triticum spelta)
sobagome; buckwheat cooked with chicken and vegetables
Pungtungia herzi (species of cyprinid)
okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
okame soba; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
Bulbophyllum inconspicuum (species of orchid)
Italian rye-grass (Lolium multiflorum); annual ryegrass; Australian ryegrass; short rotation ryegrass; Westerwolds ryegrass; darnel
strawflower (Xerochrysum bracteatum); golden everlasting
pink-headed persicaria (Persicaria capitata); pink knotweed; pinkhead smartweed
Examples (54 in total)
The wheat crop is good this year.
We grow wheat here.
This wheat is made into flour.