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塩辛い

しおからい

i-adjective

Meanings

1salty (taste)
2briny

Example sentence

父は私が忠告したように塩辛い食べ物の量を減らした。

My father cut down on salty food as I had advised.

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Kanji in this word

塩Salt13 strokes 辛Spicy, Bitter, Hot7 strokes

More words with 塩

塩しお · saltN5 塩分えんぶん · salt 塩梅あんばい · seasoning 塩素えんそ · chlorine (Cl)塩水しおみず · salt water 塩化えんか ·

Full entry on Jisho

chloridation

食塩しょくえん · table saltN2

塩味しおあじ · salty taste

More words with 辛

辛口からくち · dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)辛いつらい · painfulN3 辛いからい · hot and spicyN5 ～辛い～づらい · hard to do ~N2 辛子からし · mustard 香辛料こうしんりょう · spicesN1 辛抱しんぼう · patienceN1 辛うじてかろうじて · barely

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