Kanji

荒

laid waste, rough, rude, wild

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

9 strokes

Radical

艸部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

コウ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あらい, あら-, あれる, あらす, -あらし, すさむ

Nanori (Name Reading)

あら, あらら, ら

Common Readings

コウ, あら…い, あ…らす, あ…れる

Example sentences

荒い あらい
彼は金遣いが荒い。

He is extravagant with money.

息遣い いきづかい
階段を駆け上がると、息遣いが荒くなった。

After running up the stairs, my breathing became heavy.

荒れる あれる
台風の影響で海が荒れている。

The sea is rough due to the influence of the typhoon.

皮膚 ひふ
冬は空気が乾燥して皮膚が荒れやすいです。

In winter, the air is dry and skin tends to get rough.

荒らす あらす
猪が畑を荒らしてしまった。

A wild boar has ruined the field.

荒々しい あらあらしい
荒々しい波が岩に打ち付けている。

Rough waves are crashing against the rocks.

荒げる あらげる
彼は興奮のあまり、声を荒げた。

He raised his voice out of excitement.

荒野 こうや
戦いの後、荒野が広がっていた。

A wasteland stretched out after the battle.

突き立つ つきたつ
荒野には、風に突き立つ一本の木があった。

In the wilderness, there was a single tree standing tall against the wind.

吹き荒れる ふきあれる
昨夜は強い嵐が吹き荒れた。

A strong storm blew violently last night.

Example Vocabulary

荒い

あらい

rough; wild; violent

荒れる

あれる

to be stormy; to be rough; to be ruined; to get chapped

荒らす

あらす

to ruin; to devastate; to invade

荒々しい

あらあらしい

rough; wild; violent

荒げる

あらげる

to raise (one's voice); to make rough; to speak harshly

荒野

こうや

wasteland; wilderness; wild tract of land

吹き荒れる

ふきあれる

to blow violently; to rage; to sweep across

荒れ狂う

あれくるう

to rage; to be stormy; to run amok

荒らげる

あららげる

to raise (one's voice); to speak roughly

荒っぽい

あらっぽい

rough; rude; wild; crude; violent

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