► 副詞
辛うじて [かろうじて] [liter] meaning: barely rank: 3
☆ 締切りに辛うじて間に合った ⇨ I barely made the deadline
辛くも [(1)からくも] [liter] meaning: barely rank: 4
☆ チームは辛くも予選敗退を免れた ⇨ The team barely escaped an elimination at the qualifying stage
► 名詞
辛さ [つらさ] meaning: pain rank: 2
☆ 彼は他人の辛さを理解しない ⇨ He doesn’t understand other people’s pain (☛ Mental pain)
辛さ [からさ] meaning: spicy rank: 2
☆ うちのカレーには三段階の辛さがあります ⇨ Our curries come in three levels of spiciness
► 形容詞
辛い [(2)つらい] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ 彼は両者の間に挟まれて辛い立場に有る ⇨ He is caught in the middle of the two and in a difficult position
☆ 一人で生きていくのは非常に辛い ⇨ It is mentally very difficult to live life alone (☛ Mentally difficult)
辛い [(2)づらい] meaning: difficult rank: 1
☆ この教科書は解り辛い ⇨ This textbook is difficult to understand (☛ Usually interchangeable with ”にくい”)
☆ この錠剤は大き過ぎて飲み込み辛い ⇨ This pill is too big and hard to swallow (☛ Usually interchangeable with ”にくい”)
☆ 字が小さ過ぎて読み辛い ⇨ The letters are too small and hard to read (☛ Usually interchangeable with ”にくい”)
☆ 画面に光が反射して見辛い ⇨ Light is reflected on the screen and hart to see (☛ Usually interchangeable with ”にくい”)
辛い [(2)つらい] meaning: pain rank: 1
☆ 彼は子供の頃に両親を失って辛い経験をした ⇨ He had a painful experience of losing both parents when he was young (☛ Mentally painful)
辛い [(2)つらい] meaning: severe rank: 1
☆ 彼女は継子に辛く当たっている ⇨ She has been harsh, mean, to her child-in-law
辛い [(2)からい] meaning: spicy rank: 1
☆ 私は辛い食べ物が好きだ ⇨ I like spicy food
辛い [(2)からい] [coll] meaning: strict rank: 2
☆ 審判の採点がとても辛い ⇨ The scoring by the judges are very critical, not generous
► 形容動詞
辛め [からめ] meaning: spicy rank: 3
☆ 辛めのカレー ⇨ A little spicy curry