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さんしょう

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word さんしょう.

Dictionary

Entry

んしょう山椒んしょサンショウNounUsually kanaFreq #50516
1

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

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

mountain

3 strokesFrequency 131JLPT N4Grade 1

On

サンセン

Kun

やま

Nanori

やのやん

Japanese pepper tree

12 strokes

On

ショウ

Kun

はじかみ

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