Word details

食い荒らす

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 食い荒らす.

Dictionary

Entry

食い荒らす食い荒す食荒らすいあらTransitiveGodan verbFreq #30120
1

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down

Examples
虫に食い荒らされて桃は中空になっていた。
The insect ate the peach hollow.
2

to eat a bit of everything

3

to encroach upon; to take over; to steal (e.g. support)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

eat, food

9 strokesFrequency 328JLPT N4Grade 2

On

ショクジキ

Kun

く.うく.らうた.べるは.む

Nanori

ぐい

laid waste, rough, rude, wild

9 strokesFrequency 1,099JLPT N2Grade 8

On

コウ

Kun

あ.らすあ.れるあら.いすさ.ぶすさ.むあ.らし

Nanori

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