Japanese

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

Etymology

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Derived from (shio, salt), possibly with the addition of something akin to っぽい (ppoi, -like, -ish, -esque).

Pronunciation

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  • 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

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(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

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Synonyms

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See also

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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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  1. 1.0 1.1 しょっ‐ぱ・い 【塩─】 ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2000-2002, released online 2007, →ISBN, concise edition entry available here
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