辛

mustard

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)

painful

barely

spice

patience

hardships

patient

to have a hard time of it

hardship

narrow victory

tough (world)

medium-spicy

Japanese-style mustard

five pungent roots (in Buddhism or Taoism)

very spicy

semi-dry

many hardships

slightly spicy

salted cod roe flavored with red pepper

difficult to speak about

drinker

to treat badly

severe in marking

spicy food

shiokara

mustard paste

hot taste

pungent taste

taste for both wines and sweets

miso mixed with mustard

dry sake

hardships

cayenne pepper powder

Metal Sheep (8th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1931, 1991, 2051)

blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)

high-salt miso

Siebold's wild ginger (esp. its dried root or rhizome, used as an antitussive and analgesic in traditional Chinese medicine)

blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)

8th in rank

extremely spicy

hoarse voice

be mean to me and I'll be mean in return

shishito

Xinhai Revolution (of China; 1911)

green chili pepper

Siebold's wild ginger (Asarum sieboldii)

depressing

chili pepper

tasty and spicy flavor

sweet pepper (any non-spicy variety of Capsicum annuum)

size isn't everything

Manganji pepper (sweet variety originally from Maizuru, Kyoto)

salty-sweet

salt

toil and moil

hardships and joys

to undergo many hardships

pain

pent-up resentment

spicy

acrid

harshly

hard-to-do

Shin Ramyun (Korean brand of instant noodles)

barely

hottish

feeling rough (of the throat)

barely

trial and tribulation

trials and tribulations

Metal Boar (48th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1911, 1971, 2031)

salted fermented bonito guts

sly

sly

Metal Snake (18th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1941, 2001, 2061)

Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)

Orthetrum albistylum speciosum (subspecies of white-tailed skimmer)

capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers)

kobus magnolia

Metal Rabbit (28th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1951, 2011, 2071)

Metal Rooster (58th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1921, 1981, 2041)

Magnolia praecocissima

pungent vegetable (e.g. garlic, onion)

bitter (e.g. criticism)

sweetness and saltiness

salty (taste)