塩っぱい

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɕo̞p̚pa̠i]
  • 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 [shòppáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) しょっぱい しょっぱ [shòppáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) しょっぱい しょっぱ [shòppáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative しょっぱくない しょっぱくない [shòppáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past しょっぱかった しょっぱかった [shòppáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past しょっぱくなかった しょっぱくなかった [shòppáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal しょっぱいです しょっぱいです [shòppáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive しょっぱくて しょっぱくて [shòppáꜜkùtè]
Conditional しょっぱければ しょっぱければ [shòppáꜜkèrèbà]

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

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