山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い
さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい
Meanings
- Expression, い-adjective size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch (literally: Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle)
Kanji
- 山 mountain. Read as サン.
- 椒 Japanese pepper tree. Read as ショウ.
- 小 small. Read as ショウ.
- 粒 grain. Read as つぶ.
- 辛 spicy. Read as からい.