pepper

胡椒

料理に風味を付けるために加える、普通は黒い刺激的な味の粉。

やさしい英語で： A strong-tasting powder, usually black, added to food to give it more flavor.

• Add a little pepper to the soup.
• Would you like salt and pepper?
• She ground fresh pepper over the salad.

よく使う表現： black pepper, salt and pepper, ground pepper, freshly ground pepper

コショウの木

小さな実を、刺激的な味の香辛料に使う植物。

やさしい英語で： A plant whose small fruits are used to make a strong-tasting spice.

• Pepper grows well in warm, wet weather.
• The farmer planted pepper near the trees.
• These pepper vines will produce berries next year.

よく使う表現： pepper plant, pepper vine, grow pepper

胡椒をかける

料理に黒胡椒や白胡椒を加えること。

やさしい英語で： To add a strong-tasting black or white spice to food.

• Pepper the eggs before serving.
• She salted and peppered the potatoes.
• He always peppers his soup generously.

類義語： season

よく使う表現： pepper the soup, pepper the steak

散りばめる、ちりばめる

多くの小さなものを、あちこちに散らして置くこと。

やさしい英語で： To cover something with many small things spread across it.

• Tiny holes peppered the wall.
• The hills were peppered with small houses.
• Reporters peppered her with questions after the meeting.

使い方： pepper something with something (The storm peppered the windows with hailstones.); be peppered with something (Her speech was peppered with jokes.)

類義語： dot, sprinkle

よく使う表現： pepper with something, pepper the surface