also: からもん
noun
spicy food
Only with reading からもの
Refers to food that is hot/spicy. Often written as 辛いもの in practice, but 辛物 is a compact noun form.
辛物が好きで、いつもカレーにハバネロを入れる。
I love spicy food and always add habanero to my curry.
noun
daikon (archaic court-lady term)
Archaic term used in the secret language of court ladies. Not used in modern Japanese.
宮中の女房言葉では、大根のことを「辛物」と呼んだ。
In the secret language of court ladies, daikon was called 'karamon'.
Compound of 辛 (kara, 'spicy') + 物 (mono, 'thing'). The archaic court-lady term for daikon likely arose from the spicy taste of raw daikon.