Word Meaning 山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い

さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい sanshou ha kotsubudemopiriritokarai

山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い is read as さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい (sanshou ha kotsubudemopiriritokarai) and means size isn't everything.

Meaning

English

size isn't everything
something might be small but still pack a punch
Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle

Reading

Kana

さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい

Romaji

sanshou ha kotsubudemopiriritokarai

Stroke Sequence

13 Characters • 55 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

Kanken 1級 Proverb ✓ Rank 154227 Priority Y

Related Vocabulary

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山小屋

やまごや

mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers)

山椒

さんしょ

Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum)

山椒喰

さんしょうくい

ashy minivet (species of passerine bird, Pericrocotus divaricatus)

山椒の皮

さんしょうのかわ

pieces of young pepper tree branch (used medicinally or for pickling)

山椒魚

さんしょううお

salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)

山椒藻

さんしょうも

floating watermoss (Salvinia natans)

山椒餅

さんしょうもち

mochi with sanshō (Sichuan pepper)

小山

こやま

hill

小粒

こつぶ

small grain

小辛

こがら

slightly spicy

実山椒

みさんしょう

green Japanese peppercorn

粒々辛苦

りゅうりゅうしんく

toil and moil