| 辛 | meaning | 'spicy, bitter, hot, acrid' |
| onyomi | シン | |
| kunyomi | から.い, つら.い, -づら.い, かのと |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 辛い | つらい | painful; bitter; heart-breaking |
| 塩辛い | しおからい | salty (taste) |
| 塩辛 | しおから | salted fish (entrails) |
| 辛 | かのと, しん | 8th in rank, eighth sign of the Chinese calendar |
| 辛うじて | かろうじて | barely, narrowly, just manage to do something |
| 辛口 | からくち | dry taste (e.g. sake; salty (taste); harsh, scathing |
| 辛抱 | しんぼう | patience, endurance |
| 辛抱強い | しんぼうづよい | patient, persevering |
| 辛苦 | しんく | hardship, toil, trouble |
| 辛酸 | しんさん | hardships, privation |
| 香辛料 | こうしんりょう | spices |
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