唐とう辛がら子し

also: とんがらし

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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ている。
I'm growing chili peppers in my garden.

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.

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉に唐とう辛がら子しを入いれるto add chili pepper to something
スープに唐とう辛がら子しを入いれて辛からくした。
I added chili pepper to the soup to make it spicy.
唐とう辛がら子しを刻きざむto chop up chili pepper
生なまの唐とう辛がら子しを細こまかく刻きざんで炒いため物ものに加くわえた。
I finely chopped fresh chili peppers and added them to the stir-fry.
〈物もの〉に唐とう辛がら子しを振ふりかけるto sprinkle shichimi pepper on something
うどんに唐とう辛がら子しを振ふりかけて食たべた。
I sprinkled shichimi pepper on the udon and ate it.
唐とう辛がら子しが効きくfor chili pepper's spiciness to come through strongly
このカレーは唐とう辛がら子しがよく効きいている。
This curry has a strong kick of chili pepper.

Kanji

唐T'ang, China, foreign
辛spicy, bitter, hot
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
蕃grow luxuriously
椒Japanese pepper tree
芥mustard, rape, dust

Related words

南なん蛮ばん
唐辛子 is the standard modern word for chili pepper, while 南蛮 is an older or regional term for the same thing.

Don't confuse with

からしN1sense 1
唐辛子 (とうがらし) is chili pepper, a spicy pod-vegetable, while 辛子 (からし) is mustard, a completely different condiment, despite the overlapping kanji and similar sound.
ピーマン sense 1
唐辛子 and ピーマン are the same plant genus (Capsicum), but 唐辛子 is the spicy chili pepper while ピーマン is the mild, non-spicy bell pepper.
胡こ椒しょうN3
胡椒 refers to black or white pepper, a mild spice, while 唐辛子 is chili pepper, which is hot and often confused because English 'pepper' can mean either.

Counted with

本ほんN5
Used for long, slender chili peppers (唐辛子).
個こN5
Used for dried or small, roughly counted amounts of chili peppers, like individual dried pods.

Word family

七しち味み唐とう辛がら子し
shichimi togarashi; Japanese seven-spice blend
甘あま唐とう辛がら子し
sweet pepper
青あお唐とう辛がら子し
green chili pepper; unripe chili pepper
一いち味み唐とう辛がら子し
cayenne pepper powder; ground red pepper
七なな色いろ唐とう辛がら子し
seven-color chili pepper; blend of seven spices
唐とう辛がら子しスプレー
pepper spray

Built from

唐とう+からし

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.

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.