そば
N5 soba
- near
- beside
noun
Also written 側
Chinese meanings
旁边;附近
Examples
- ガレージは家のそばにあります。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"
}
}