雀斑

蕎麦滓

Readings

Kana: そばかす、ソバカス

Romaji: sobakasu, sobakasu

Definitions

noun

1

freckles

Note: word usually written using kana alone

2

buckwheat chaff

Note: orig. meaning

See also: 蕎麦殻

Note: Only 蕎麦滓

Kanji

雀

Readings: ジャク、 ジャン、 サク、 シャク、 すずめ

Meaning: sparrow

斑

Readings: ハン、 ふ、 まだら

Meanings: spot, blemish, speck, patches

蕎

Readings: キョウ、 そば

Meaning: buckwheat

麦

Readings: バク、 むぎ

Meanings: barley, wheat

滓

Readings: シ、 サイ、 おり、 か.す

Meanings: dregs, grounds

Example Sentence

家(いえ)では赤味(あかみ)がかった髪(かみ)とそばかすのせいで、母(はは)が侮蔑(ぶべつ)を込(こ)めて「にんじん」と名付(なづ)け、皆(みな)にもそう呼(よ)ばせています。

➥At home, because of his reddish hair and freckles, his mother scornfully named him "carrot" and had everybody else call him that.