黒胡椒 くろこしょう Also written 黒コショウ, くろコショウ, クロコショウ, 黒こしょう Meanings Noun black pepper (Piper nigrum) Kanji 黒 black. Read as くろ. 胡 foreign 椒 Japanese pepper tree. Read as ショウ. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists