Kanji
Readingしょう
Frequency85%
Used in (25 in total)
salt and pepper; seasoning with salt and pepper
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
black pepper (Piper nigrum)
salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
condiment paste made from yuzu zest and chili peppers (chile)
Chinese prickly-ash (Zanthoxylum bungeanum); Sichuan pepper (spice); Szechuan peppercorn
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
sweetened mochi flavoured with Japanese pepper
green Japanese peppercorn; unripe Japanese peppercorn
size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; (lit.) Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle
pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)
mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
Japanese clawed salamander (Onychodactylus japonicus)
ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)
Indian long pepper (Piper longum); longpepper
Hida salamander (Hynobius kimurae)
Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)
floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)
clouded salamander (Hynobius nebulosus)
buchi salamander (Hynobius naevius)
garden cress (Lepidium sativum)
crescent sweetlips (species of fish, Plectorhinchus cinctus)