spicy
→
sad, grief
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 | |
| 764 | bitter | → | sad, grief | 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)". | |