Refers to the spice, typically black pepper. Used in cooking and everyday contexts.
Please add a little pepper to the dish.
このスープはこしょうが効いている。
This soup has a good kick of pepper.
I sprinkled pepper on the soup before eating it.
This dish is seasoned with a good kick of pepper.
I seasoned the meat with salt and pepper and grilled it.
yuzu pepper paste; yuzu kosho
Informal or colloquial katakana variant with long vowel; less common.