辛

Meaning

辛 centers on a sharp, piercing sensation: spicy heat, bitterness, or acrid taste, and by extension emotional harshness or difficulty.

• 辛いからい
  N5

  spicy; hot

• 辛いつらい
  N3

  painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)

• 辛いづらい

  difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

• 辛かのと

  8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

• 唐辛子とうがらし
  N1

  capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper

• 辛口からくち
  N1

  dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)

• 辛うじてかろうじて
  N1

  barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

• 辛抱しんぼう
  N2

  patience; endurance; perseverance

• 香辛料こうしんりょう
  N1

  spice; spices; condiment

• 辛辣しんらつ

  bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

• 激辛げきから

  extremely spicy; fiery hot

• 塩辛しおから

  shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)

• 辛味からみ
  N2

  hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

• 辛子からし
  N1

  mustard

• 世知辛いせちがらい

  tough (world); hard (times); cold

• 甘辛あまから

  sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste

• 辛みつらみ

  pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

• 辛酸しんさん

  hardships; privation

• 塩辛いしおからい
  N3

  salty (taste); briny

• 辛くもからくも

  barely; narrowly; with difficulty

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