JLPT N3 · Noun

胡椒 (koshou)

胡椒 (こしょう, koshou) is a Japanese noun meaning “pepper”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: こしょう
Romaji: koshou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

pepper · noun · usually written in kana

Example sentences

コショウを入れすぎたね。

You put far too much pepper in it.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 胡椒

胡

barbarian, foreignウ・コ・なんぞ · 9 strokes

椒

Japanese pepper treeショウ・はじかみ · 12 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1267600 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.