Kanji辛
Readingから
Frequency14%
Used in (43 in total)
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
salty (taste); briny
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
spicy; piquant
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
hottish; salty; somewhat hot; strict; harsh
sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry)
drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets); person fond of spicy food
salted cod roe flavored with red pepper
for dear life; barely escaping alive
mustard (color)
pungent taste
miso mixed with mustard
barely; narrowly; with difficulty
high-salt miso; salty miso; spicy miso
severe in marking; strict in grading
mustard paste; English mustard
vinegared miso mixed with mustard
tasty and spicy flavor
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
spicy food; (arch.) daikon
semi-dry; semi-secco (e.g. wine)
karamimochi; mochi topped with grated daikon, soy sauce, etc.
salt; (strong) saltiness; (arch.) salt water; (arch.) seawater
vegetables pickled in mustard
taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things
salted fermented bonito guts
Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)