Finely crumbled and seasoned minced meat or fish, usually fried and often served on top of rice (e.g., chicken soboro).
今夜は鶏そぼろを作って、そぼろご飯にしよう。
I'll make chicken soboro tonight and have soboro rice.
お弁当に鶏そぼろと卵そぼろを入れた。
I put chicken soboro and scrambled-egg soboro in the bento.
そぼろは子どもにも人気の味付けだ。
Soboro is a seasoning that children also like.
Used adjectivally to mean 'tattered', 'ragged', or 'frayed' (somewhat literary or old-fashioned).
長年使った布がそぼろのようにほつれていた。
The cloth used for many years was fraying like soboro (tattered).
古い人形の服がそぼろになっていた。
The old doll's clothes had become ragged.
Can describe something that is finely crumbled or in very small pieces — 'fine' or 'small'.
そぼろ雪がちらちら降っていた。
Fine, flurry-like snow was falling.
花びらがそぼろのように舞い落ちた。
Petals fluttered down like fine crumbs.