spicy
→
sad
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
764 | bitter | → | sad | Open |
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Comment
NEW Realization 1 | ||
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Type | Polysemy | |
Language | Japanese | |
Lexeme | karai (辛い) | |
Meaning 1 | spicy | 私は辛いので韓国料理が好きです。 I love Korean food because of the hot spices. |
Meaning 2 | bitter (experience, feelings etc) | それ以降彼は辛い一生を送った He led a hard life after that. |
Reference | ||
Comment | EDICT. Accroding to the Japanese-Russian dictionary, the meaning is that of "bitter", but all examples unambiguously demonstrate the meaning of "hot (taste)". |