The Japanese word for noodle is
麺類

めんるい - menrui

noodle

Japanese Definition

noodle
1. ヌードル, 麺

ヌードル
1. n. noodle

麺
1. Usage: This character was added to the Jōyō kanji list in 2010 and adopted this simplified form. Before 2010 the unsimplified form 麵 was the
2. n. noodles
(synonyms, ja, 麺類, tr=menrui)
3. n. Usage: Uncommon spelling for the flour sense, possibly due to the ambiguity in reading and sense. For the flour sense, the 麦粉 spelling is more common.