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togarashi

togarashi noun: chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture consisting of mandarin orange peel, sesame seed, poppy seed, hemp seed, nori or aonori, and ground sansho.

togarashi: chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture...
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Noun

togarashi (uncountable)

  1. chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture consisting of mandarin orange peel, sesame seed, poppy seed, hemp seed, nori or aonori, and ground sansho

Synonyms of togarashi

Forms of togarashi

alternative formtougarashi

Origin of togarashi

Borrowed from Japanese 唐辛子 (tōgarashi), Japanese for the genus Capsicum, or specifically the species Capsicum annuum, and commonly translated as “chili pepper”.

Phrases with togarashi

Questions about togarashi

What does togarashi mean?
Togarashi means chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, specifically the spice mixture consisting of mandarin orange peel, sesame seed, poppy seed, hemp seed, nori or aonori, and ground sansho.
What part of speech is togarashi?
Togarashi is a noun.

Words near togarashi in the dictionary

  1. togae
  2. togaed
  3. TOGAF
  4. togaless
  5. togalike
  6. togarashi
  7. Togari
  8. Togarmah
  9. togas
  10. togate
  11. togated

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