塩辛い (shiokarai)
塩辛い (しおからい, shiokarai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “salty (taste); briny”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- しおからい
- Romaji
- shiokarai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- salty (taste); briny · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 塩辛い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 塩辛い | しおからい shiokarai |
| Negative | 塩辛くない | しおからくない shiokarakunai |
| Past | 塩辛かった | しおからかった shiokarakatta |
| Negative past | 塩辛くなかった | しおからくなかった shiokarakunakatta |
| Te-form | 塩辛くて | しおからくて shiokarakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 塩辛く | しおからく shiokaraku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 塩辛ければ | しおからければ shiokarakereba |
Kanji in 塩辛い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 塩辛い.
塩しおsalt食塩しょくえんtable salt塩辛しおからshiokara辛いからいspicy辛いつらいpainful辛いづらいdifficult to ... (physically or emotionally)辛抱しんぼうpatience香辛料こうしんりょうspice
Source: JMdict entry 1609860 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.