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椒: pepper

pepper; pungent spice
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Readings

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ショウ
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Appears in names of peppery spices: 胡椒 (black pepper), 山椒 (sansho), 花椒 (Sichuan pepper). Read ショウ.

Key words

胡椒こしょうpepper
山椒さんしょうJapanese pepper (sansho)
花椒かしょうSichuan pepper
山椒魚さんしょううおsalamander

Example sentences

I sprinkled salt and pepper on the steak and cooked it.

I ate the grilled eel with plenty of sansho pepper sprinkled on it.

Adding Sichuan pepper to mapo tofu makes it spicy enough to numb your tongue.

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