Illustration: At the counter of a compact Japanese home kitchen, a cook grinds peppercorns in a small mortar beside cinnamon sticks, dried chilies, and several little dishes of powdered seasoning. With the other hand, the cook tips a tiny spoonful into a simmering curry pot.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

香こう辛しん料りょう

koushinryou

spice

Example sentences

  1. 韓国料理かんこくりょうりは、香辛料こうしんりょうのきいた味あじでよく知しられている。

    Korean food is noted for its spicy flavor.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 好すきな香辛料こうしんりょうは？

    What’s your favorite spice?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 香辛料こうしんりょうの類るいはあまり使つかわれない。

    Spices are rarely used.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 香辛料

  • 香incense; smellOnコウ・キョウKunか・かおり・かおる
  • 辛spicy; hotOnシンKunからい・つらい・かのと
  • 料fee; materialsOnリョウ

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