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コショウ is an exact match with one form of the following word:
コショウ
BOOST
pepper  (often written with kana only)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 121,935 which gives a rank of 3,479
コショウ is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 53,000 (about 8,390,000 results)
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Example sentences:
コショウ
れすぎた

You put far too much pepper in it.
ちょうど
しお
コショウ
らしてしまった

We've just run out of salt and pepper.
あなた
あと
コショウ
つか
使
わせて
ください
After you with the pepper.
こしょう
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 60,000 (about 6,460,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2532 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 3230
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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胡椒
BOOST
Reading : こしょう   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 22,000 (about 29,200,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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コ   ゴ   ウ   foreign   あぐ    
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ショウ    pepper; chile   
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シュク    uncle   
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また again   
younger brother
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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