N21355/1725

胡こ椒しょう

usually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)

Reading

こしょう

Meanings

pepper

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Example sentences

この料理りょうりには胡椒こしょうが少すこし足たりない気きがする。

I feel like this dish is a little short on pepper.

スープに胡椒こしょうを振ふりかけすぎて、辛からくなってしまった。

I sprinkled too much pepper on the soup and it became too spicy.

胡椒こしょうは肉料理にくりょうりの風味ふうみを引ひき立たてるために欠かかせないスパイスだ。

Pepper is an indispensable spice for bringing out the flavor of meat dishes.

塩しおと胡椒こしょうだけでシンプルに味付あじつけしたステーキが一番いちばん好すきだ。

I like steak seasoned simply with just salt and pepper the best.

中世ちゅうせいヨーロッパでは胡椒こしょうは金きんと同等どうとうの価値かちがあるとされ、貴重きちょうな交易品こうえきひんとして珍重ちんちょうされていた。

In medieval Europe, pepper was considered to have the same value as gold and was prized as a precious trade commodity.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)