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somen; thin wheat noodles (usually served cold)
Very thin Japanese wheat noodles, typically eaten cold in summer with a dipping sauce (めんつゆ). Often written in kana, sometimes as 素麺.
Very thin (about 1.3 mm or less) wheat noodles stretched with vegetable oil during production. A summer staple, usually eaten cold with a soy-based dipping sauce. Some regional varieties (e.g., 三輪そうめん, 揖保乃糸) are well-known.
Common collocations
- そうめんを茹でる: to boil somen
- 冷やしそうめん: chilled somen
- 流しそうめん: flowing-somen (summer dish)
- そうめんつゆ: somen dipping sauce