Takoboto

辛い, からい

1. spicy, hot

2. salty

3. harsh (criticism), severe (punishment), strict

See 辛い・つらい・1

4. painful, bitter, difficult, tough

彼女は多くの辛い思いを経験してきた。

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つらい, 辛い

Usually in kana

1. painful, bitter, heart-breaking, difficult (emotionally)

See 辛い・づらい

2. tough, hard (usu. of situations)

3. cruel, harsh, cold

彼女は多くの辛い思いを経験してきた。

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づらい, 辛い, ずらい

Suffix, See 辛い・つらい・2, Usually in kana, after -masu stem of verb

difficult to ..., hard to ...

彼女は多くの辛い思いを経験してきた。

塩辛い, 鹹い, しおからい, からい

salty (taste), briny

このカツオの塩辛は塩辛すぎる。

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甘辛い, あまからい

salty-sweet

辛い味, からいあじ

Expression, See 辛味

pungent taste

こすからい, 狡辛い

Usually in kana

sly

え辛い, い辛い, 蘞辛い, えがらい, いがらい

See いがらっぽい

acrid, pungent, irritating

点が辛い, てんがからい

Expression

severe in marking, strict in grading

言い辛い, 言いづらい, 言辛い, いいづらい

difficult to speak about

とにかく、言いづらい事を打ち明けてくれてうれしいよ。

こすっからい, 狡っ辛い

Usually in kana

sly

やりづらい, やり辛い, 遣り辛い, やりずらい

See やりにくい, Usually in kana

hard-to-do, difficult, tough, awkward, tricky

世知辛い, せちがらい

1. tough (world), hard (times), cold

2. stingy, miserly, mercenary, calculating, scheming

世知辛い世の中だね。

辛い目に会う, つらい目にあう, 辛い目にあう, 辛い目に合う, 辛い目に遭う, つらいめにあう

Expression, Godan verb, See 目にあう・めにあう

to have a hard time of it

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

Expression, Proverb

size isn't everything, something might be small but still pack a punch, Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle

居づらい, 居辛い, いづらい

Expression, See 辛い・づらい

difficult to be (in a place), not feeling like staying

見づらい, 見辛い, みづらい

1. hard to see, indistinct, obscure, illegible

2. painful to look at

読みづらい, 読み辛い, よみづらい

hard to read

見えづらい, 見え辛い, みえづらい

See 見づらい・みづらい・1

hard to see, indistinct, obscure, illegible

分かりづらい, 分かり辛い, わかりづらい

difficult to understand, difficult to grasp, confusing, puzzling

聞きづらい, 聴きづらい, 聞き辛い, ききづらい

1. difficult to hear, hard to hear

2. unpleasant to hear, painful to hear

Only 聞きづらい, Only 聞き辛い

3. difficult to ask