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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

そば

N5
soba
  1. near
  2. beside
noun

Also written 側

Chinese meanings

旁边;附近

Examples

  • ガレージは家いえのそばにあります。
    The garage is at the side of the house.
    车库在房子旁边。
  • われわれはドアのそばに立たってまった。
    We stood at the door and waited.
    我们站在门旁等着。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('38c854e97f'); // そば
{
  "id": "38c854e97f",
  "word": "そば",
  "reading": "そば",
  "romaji": "soba",
  "meanings": [
    "near",
    "beside"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1403830,
  "other_forms": [
    "側"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "ガレージは家のそばにあります。",
      "furigana": "ガレージは{家|いえ}のそばにあります。",
      "en": "The garage is at the side of the house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 226153
    },
    {
      "ja": "われわれはドアのそばに立ってまった。",
      "furigana": "われわれはドアのそばに{立|た}ってまった。",
      "en": "We stood at the door and waited.",
      "tatoeba_id": 191672
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "8ace7351b1408b3560ff0b60e80e6cc162ac19ba964cb2eb4d0d0eaf06a16d44",
    "meanings": [
      "旁边;附近"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "ガレージは家のそばにあります。",
        "zh": "车库在房子旁边。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "われわれはドアのそばに立ってまった。",
        "zh": "我们站在门旁等着。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/38c854e97f",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "453f112b6109e5a5ab3b1de17d2cc45a65695ca93b6b2fb77d3f294e611cf8da"
  }
}