Moto 辛: Spicy; Bitter; HotKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シン
- Kun'yomi
- から(い)、つら(い)、-づら(い)、かのと
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 117 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シン)
- 辛勝しんしょうnarrow victory
- 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
- 辛酸しんさんhardships; privation
- 香辛料こうしんりょうspice; spices
- 五辛ごしんfive pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)
- 千辛万苦せんしんばんくmany hardships
- 粒粒辛苦りゅうりゅうしんくtoil and moil; working assiduously for
- 細辛さいしんSiebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 辛口からくちdry taste (e.g. sake, wine)
- 辛いからいspicy; hot
- 唐辛子とうがらしcapsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli)
- 塩辛しおからshiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
- 塩辛いしおからいsalty (taste); briny
- 甘辛あまからsweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste
- 辛かのと8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
- 辛子からしmustard
- い辛っぽいいがらっぽいfeeling rough (of the throat); irritated
- え辛いえがらいacrid; pungent
- やや辛口ややからくちsemi-dry; semi-secco (e.g. wine)
- ピリ辛ピリからspicy; piquant
- 一味唐辛子いちみとうがらしcayenne pepper powder
- 七味唐辛子しちみとうがらしblend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
- 七色唐辛子なないろとうがらしblend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
- 世知辛いせちがらいhard (life); tough (world)
- 中辛ちゅうからmedium-spicy
- 人我に辛ければ我また人に辛しひとわれにつらければわれまたひとにつらしbe mean to me and I'll be mean in return; I'll treat them as badly as they treat me
- 分かり辛いわかりづらいdifficult to understand
- 南蛮辛子なんばんがらしchili pepper (chile, chilli)
- 命辛辛いのちからがらfor dear life; barely escaping alive
- 塩辛声しおからごえhoarse voice
- 大辛おおからvery spicy
- 小辛こがらslightly spicy
- 居辛いいづらいdifficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
- 山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛いさんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからいsize isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch
- 怨み辛みうらみつらみpent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
- 恨み辛みうらみつらみpent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
- 洋辛子ようがらしmustard
- 激辛げきからextremely spicy; fiery hot
- 点が辛いてんがからいsevere in marking
- 煉り辛子ねりからしmustard paste; English mustard
- 犬辛子いぬがらしvariableleaf yellowcress (Rorippa indica)
- 狡っ辛いこすっからいsly
- 狡辛いこすからいsly
- 獅子唐辛子ししとうがらしshishito; small sweet green pepper
- 甘唐辛子あまとうがらしbell pepper; sweet pepper
- 甘辛いあまからいsalty-sweet
- 甘辛両党あまからりょうとうtaste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things
- 甘辛両刀あまからりょうとうtaste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things
Other readings
- 辛うじてかろうじてbarely; narrowly
- い辛いえがらいacrid; pungent
- ぴり辛ピリからspicy; piquant
- 匂辛夷たむしばwillow-leafed magnolia (Magnolia salicifolia); anise magnolia
- 命辛々いのちからがらfor dear life; barely escaping alive
- 塩辛蜻蛉しおからとんぼOrthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)
- 幣辛夷しでこぶしMagnolia praecocissima; shidekobushi Magnolia kobus
- 沖辛螺おきにしwarty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
- 疣辛螺いぼにしThais clavigera (species of rock shell)
- 粒々辛苦りゅうりゅうしんくtoil and moil; working assiduously for
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