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サンショウハコツブデモピリリトカライ
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; (lit.) Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle
Alt. forms
山さん椒しょうは小こ粒つぶでもぴりりと辛からい
サンショウハコツブデモピリリトカライ
Composed of
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
small grain; small stature or ability