辛(つら)い, 鹹, からい

karai

JLPT 5

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • spicy; hot
  • salty
  • tough (on someone); adverse; harsh

辛(つら)い, つらい

tsurai

JLPT 3

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • painful; bitter; heart-breaking

辛(つら)い, づらい

zurai

JLPT 2

auxiliary adjective
  • difficult to (do something)

塩辛(しおから)い, しおからい

shiokarai

JLPT 2

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • salty (taste)

辛(かろ)うじて, かろうじて

karōjite

JLPT 1

adverb (fukushi)
  • barely; narrowly; just manage to do something

辛抱(しんぼう), 辛(からし), しんぼう

shinbō

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • patience; endurance

辛口(からくち), からくち

karakuchi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
  • salty (taste)
  • harsh; scathing

辛勝(しんしょう), しんしょう

shinshō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • narrow victory

唐辛子(とうがらし), 唐芥子(とうがらし), 蕃椒(ばんしょう), とうがらし, トウガラシ, とんがらし, ばんしょう

tōgarashi, tōgarashi, tongarashi, banshō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper
  • Guinea pepper

辛抱強(しんぼうづよ)い, しんぼうづよい

shinbōzuyoi

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • patient; persevering

辛辣(しんらつ), 辛(しん)らつ, しんらつ

shinratsu

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bitter; sharp; acrimonious

辛酸(しんさん), しんさん

shinsan

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • hardships; privation

辛(からし), かのと, しん

kanoto, shin

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • 8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

辛苦(しんく), しんく

shinku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
  • hardship; toil; trouble

塩辛(しおから), 塩(しお), しおから

shiokara

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • salted fish (entrails)

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