JLPT N5 vocabulary
辛い: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
からい2Nakadaka · falls inside
i-adjective
Meaning
- spicy, hot
- salty
- harsh (criticism), severe (punishment), strict
- painful, bitter, difficult, tough
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present普通形 | 辛い | 辛 |
| Plain past過去形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Polite presentです形 | 辛い | 辛 |
| Polite pastでした形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Te-formて形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| Modifying | ||
| Before a noun連体形 | 辛い | —not in common use |
| As an adverb連用形 | 辛 | —not in common use |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 辛 | 辛 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 辛 | 辛 |
Example sentences
辛い食べ物を食べたいから、カレーをください。
I want to eat something spicy, so please give me some curry.
言葉が理解できない国に住むのは辛いものがある。
Living in a country where you don't understand the language is a difficult thing.