laid waste, rough, rude, wild

9 strokesFrequency 1,099JLPT N2Grade 8

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コウ

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あ.らすあ.れるあら.いすさ.ぶすさ.むあ.らし

Nanori

Dictionary

Common Words

荒いらい~い Adj.Freq #2422
1

rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing)

Examples
僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。
My boss is a slave driver.
2

immoderate; extravagant; reckless

荒れるれるIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #4881
1

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)

Examples
海はますます荒れてきた。
The sea grew wilder and wilder.
2

to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become dilapidated

Examples
村への道路はとても荒れています
The road to the village is very rough.
3

to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

Examples
唇が荒れています
I have chapped lips.
4

to become unruly; to become violent; to go wild; to get out of control

Examples
なるほど彼は剛速球投手だが、よく荒れる
It is true he has a good fast ball, but he is often wild.
5

to become unsettled (e.g. of one's life); to become disordered

粗々粗粗荒々荒荒らあらAdverbFreq #5693
1

roughly; broadly; generally; more or less

荒らすらすTransitiveGodan verbFreq #7288
1

to lay waste; to devastate; to damage

Examples
庭を荒らしたのは誰だ。
Who destroyed the garden?
2

to invade; to break into

Examples
彼らは私の果実園を荒らした
They robbed my orchard.
3

Colloquial; Computing

to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

Examples
掲示板を荒らす人の精神状態がわかりません。
I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.
荒々しい荒荒しいらあらし~い Adj.Freq #7307
1

rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent

Examples
だから、この荒々しい試合では選手がひどいけがを負っていたし、ときには死ぬこともあったのです。
So, players were often seriously injured and sometimes even killed in these rough games.
荒野荒れ野うや (荒野/曠野)れの (荒野/荒れ野)らの (荒野/曠野)曠野NounFreq #9985
1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land

Examples
新たな入植者達がその広大な荒野を開拓した。
The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
荒げるらげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #10252
1

Unorthodox version of 荒らげる

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

吹き荒れる吹荒れるきあれIntransitiveIchidan verbFreq #11480
1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

Examples
外では冷たい北風が轟々と吹き荒れていた
The cold north wind was roaring outside.
アラFreq #12721
1

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun; Usu. アラ

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Common noun

flaw (esp. of a person); fault; defect

Examples
他人のあらばかり探す嫌な人である。
He is a very irritating critic of others.
3

Common noun

rice chaff

4

Prefix

rough

5

Prefix

crude; raw; natural; wild

荒らげるららげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #13134
1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

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