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塩辛い (しおからい): salty (taste) — Japanese vocabulary

塩辛い is read しおからい and means "salty (taste)". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

塩辛い

Reading
しおからい · shiokarai
Translation
salty (taste)
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
しおからいが

Example

海の水は塩辛すぎて飲めない。

うみのみずはしおからすぎてのめない。

You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.

Kanji in this word

  • 塩 — salt
  • 辛 — spicy, painful

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