しょっぱい
Also written 塩っぱい
Meanings
- い-adjective salty
- calculating; stingy
- scowling; grimacing; frowning
- hoarse
- inferior; poor; boring; dull (orig. sumo term meaning "weak")
Example sentences
- この食べ物は塩っぱ過ぎる。
This food is too salty. - このスープは、しょっぱ過ぎて飲めないよ。
This soup is too salty to eat. - ここのソースは舐めてみるとちょっと塩っぱい。
If you taste this sauce you'll find it a bit salty. - この料理、しょっぱいよ。
This food is too salty. - このスープ、しょっぱくて飲めないよ。
This soup is too salty to eat.