さんしょう
Meanings
Noun
Usually written in kana
1. Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
Kanji used
mountain
Japanese pepper tree
Pitch accent
んしょう
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
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
pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)
mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)
floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)