山形県西川町(やまがたけんにしかわまち):Nishikawa-machi, Yamagata Prefecture
大噴水(だいふんすい):literally means "great fountain." It’s a name of a soba
restaurant.
小麦粉(こむぎこ):wheat flour
そば粉(そばこ):buck wheat flour
混ぜる(まぜる):to mix
めんを打つ(うつ):to make noodles
売り出す(うりだす):to market, launch
田舎そば(いなかそば):country style soba (dark color, thick, simple)
食感(しょっかん):texture (eating)
もっちり:chewy, thick, heavy, rich, firm and therefore satisfying texture (like
moist brownie)
~風(ふう):-style
~どころ:a place that boasts - (そばどころ、米どころ)
軒(けん):measure word for houses and restaurants/cafes/cars
ひしめく:to crush (place)
激戦地(げきせんち):bloodiest battlefield
従来の(じゅうらいの):conventional
枠(わく):frame
主人(しゅじん):master
具(ぐ):filling, ingredients
地元(じもと):local
~産(さん):made in
山菜(さんさい):wild vegetables
ふんだんに:abundantly
~志向(しこう):-oriented
好評(こうひょう):received well, popular
~とか:(at the end of a sentence) some say
~ものの:while
音を立てる(おとをたてる):make noise