塩辛い
しおからい · shiokarai · JLPT N2 · i-adj
salty (taste)
🧂 塩 shio = salt + 辛い karai = pungent, sharp taste: salt + pungent = salty
辛い (karai) normally means spicy or hot, but in 塩辛い it describes a sharp, harsh taste. Shio-karai is literally 'salt-pungent', the sharp bite of too much salt.