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辛い

からい

spicy

Mnemonic

The needle 辛 lands on your tongue and the sweat starts. It is the curry, and you order the same thing again next week: からい.

Worth knowing

The same characters read つらい mean harsh, hard to bear. からい is the one on your tongue.

Built from

spicy, harsh
A tattooing needle, the mark of a punishment. Sharp on the tongue, and hard to put up with.

Words sharing these kanji

difficult, harsh

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