山さん椒しょう

noun

Japanese pepper; Sichuan pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash

Refers to the plant and its aromatic berries, used as a spice in Japanese cuisine. Often written in kana.

• うなぎの蒲かば焼やきに山さん椒しょうをふりかけると、香かおりが引ひき立たつ。

  Sprinkling sansho on grilled eel brings out its aroma.

• 山さん椒しょうの実みは、ちりめんじゃこと一いっ緒しょに炊たくと美味おいしい。

  Sansho berries are delicious when simmered with chirimen jako.