辛から口くち

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

dry; not sweet

Most common with alcoholic drinks such as sake and wine; means dry or low in sweetness, not necessarily spicy.

• 私わたしは辛から口くちの日本にほん酒しゅが好すきです。

  I like dry sake.

• この白しろワインはすっきりした辛から口くちだ。

  This white wine is a crisp dry wine.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

liking for sake; sake lover

Rare and old-fashioned as a noun for a fondness for sake or a person who likes sake; modern Japanese usually says 酒好き for this idea.

• 古ふるい用よう法ほうでは、「辛から口くち」が酒さけ好ずきの人ひとを指さすことがある。

  In an older usage, 辛口 can refer to a person who likes sake.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

salty; strongly salted

Taste use meaning salty or strongly seasoned with salt. This is context-dependent and is separate from the dry-sake sense.

• 昔むかしながらの辛から口くちの塩しお鮭ざけをご飯はんと食たべた。

  I ate traditionally salty salted salmon with rice.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

harsh; scathing; sharp-tongued

Figurative use for comments, criticism, reviewers, and evaluators that are severe, unsparing, or sharply worded.

• 彼かの女じょは映えい画がに辛から口くちの批ひ評ひょうを書かいた。

  She wrote a harsh review of the film.

• 上じょう司しから辛から口くちのコメントをもらった。

  I received some blunt comments from my boss.