Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しょっぱい – see the following entry.
塩っぱい
[adjective] salty
[adjective] stingy, tight-fisted, calculating
[adjective] rough, unpleasant; (of a voice) hoarse, gravelly
Alternative spelling
鹹い
(This term, しょっぱい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)