塩っぱい

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
しお > しょ
Grade: 4
Alternative spellings
鹽っぱい (kyūjitai)
鹹い

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「しょっぱい
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) しょっぱく しょっぱ
Terminal (終止形) しょっぱい しょっぱ
Attributive (連体形) しょっぱい しょっぱ
Key constructions
Informal negative しょっぱくない しょっぱくない
Informal past しょっぱかった しょっぱかった
Informal negative past しょっぱくなかった しょっぱくなかった
Formal しょっぱいです しょっぱいです
Conjunctive しょっぱくて しょっぱくて
Conditional しょっぱければ しょっぱければ

Adjective

(しょ)っぱい (shoppai-i (adverbial (しょ)っぱく (shoppaku))

  1. salty
  2. stingy, tight-fisted, calculating
    (しょ)っぱいおやじ
    shoppai oyaji
    a stingy old man
  3. rough, unpleasant; (of a voice) hoarse, gravelly
    (しょ)っぱい(かお)
    shoppai kao
    a sour face
    (しょ)っぱい(こえ)
    shoppai koe
    a gravelly voice

Inflection

Synonyms

See also

Basic tastes in Japanese · 味覚(みかく) (mikaku) (layout · text)
(あま) (amai) ()っぱい (suppai) (しょ)っぱい (shoppai) (にが​) (niga​i) (から​) (kara​i) 旨味(うまみ) (umami)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 しょっ‐ぱ・い 【塩─】Paid subscription required”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here