辛

painful; bitter; heart-breaking; difficult (emotionally)

tough; difficult; hard (usu. of situations)

cruel; harsh; cold

After -masu stem of a verb

difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...

spicy; hot

salty

harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict

painful; bitter; difficult; tough

patience; endurance; perseverance

bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh

spice; spices; condiment

8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

patient; persevering

difficult to speak about

for dear life; barely escaping alive

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; red pepper

Abbreviation

shichimi pepper

Colloquial

extremely spicy; fiery hot

Colloquial

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

hardships; privation

salty-sweet

hardship; toil; trouble

味 is ateji in からみ

hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste

mustard

Esp. 心気

mentality; mood; sentiment; feelings

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Esp. 辛気

fretfulness; tedium; irritation

spicy; piquant

small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish

shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)