さんしょう – Vocabulary details

さんしょう

Noun

Usually written in kana

1. Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

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salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)

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

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