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塩辛い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
塩辛い
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Reading : しおからい   
salty (taste); briny
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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塩辛い is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 144,000 (about 605,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1739 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 47 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
なべ
なか
スープとても
しおから
塩辛
かった

The soup in the pot tasted very salty.
この
みず
すこ
しおから
塩辛

This water is a little salty.
うみ
みず
しおから
塩辛
すぎて
めない

You can not drink the seawater, for it is too salty.
鹹い
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Readings : しおからい    からい   
鹹い can be read in 2 ways: からい (almost always used), しおからい (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 214,000 (about 161,000 results)
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エン   しお salt   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
さら dish   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
カン   から salty   
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