辛

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

Abbreviation

shichimi pepper

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

tough (world); hard (times); cold

stingy; miserly; mercenary; calculating; scheming

Colloquial

extremely spicy; fiery hot

Colloquial

extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing

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

salty (taste); briny

salty-sweet

pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings

trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties

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

hard to read

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

feeling rough (of the throat); irritated

acrid; pungent

sweetness and saltiness; salted and sweetened taste

hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible

medium-spicy

hard to see; indistinct; obscure; illegible

painful to look at

blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)

sly

slightly spicy

Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)

difficult to hear; hard to hear

unpleasant to hear; painful to hear

聞きづらい／聞き辛い only

difficult to ask