唐とう辛がら子し

also: とんがらし

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

noun

chili pepper; red pepper; capsicum

Refers to chili peppers in general, including fresh, dried, and powdered forms. The plant and its fruit are both called 唐辛子.

この料りょう理りには唐とう辛がら子しがたくさん入はいっている。
This dish has a lot of chili peppers in it.

庭にわ

で

唐とう

辛がら

子し

を

育そだ

て

いる

。

I'm growing chili peppers in my garden.

2

noun

shichimi pepper; seven-spice chili pepper

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 七味唐辛子 (shichimi tōgarashi), a common Japanese spice blend containing chili pepper and other ingredients.

Written forms

唐辛子Usage67%
- とうがらし
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
- とんがらし
  Alternate reading とんがらし, restricted to this kanji form; less common.
トウガラシUsage17%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling, often used in botanical or culinary contexts.
とうがらしUsage15%
とんがらしUsage1%
唐とう芥子がらし
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.
蕃椒とうがらし
rarely-used kanji form
Rare kanji form; it is rarely used.

Kanji

唐T'ang, China, foreign
辛spicy, bitter, hot
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
蕃

Similar words

七しち味み唐とう辛がら子し
The full name for the seven-spice blend; 唐辛子 alone can be an abbreviation for this.
一いち味み唐とう辛がら子し
Ground red chili pepper (single-spice powder), as opposed to the blended 七味.
ピーマン
Bell pepper or sweet pepper; a non-spicy cultivar of the same species, often distinguished from 唐辛子.

Etymology

Compound of 唐 (tō, 'Tang; foreign, especially Chinese') + 辛子 (karashi, 'mustard'), literally 'foreign mustard'. The kanji 唐辛子 is the standard spelling; the rare forms 唐芥子 and 蕃椒 are historical or alternative representations.

grow luxuriously

椒Japanese pepper tree

芥mustard, rape, dust