Onyomi: コウ · Kunyomi: あ.らし, あ.らす, あ.れる, あら.い, すさ.ぶ, すさ.む · Meanings: laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Kanji for laid waste, rough, rude, wild
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荒 has the grass radical 艹 on top, meaning plants. When land is not cared for, grass grows wildly. The field becomes rough, empty, and untamed. From this idea, 荒 came to mean wild or desolate.
荒 is land left alone, where grass grows wild.
Think of an empty field. Grass 艹 grows everywhere without control. That rough, untamed land is 荒.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 粗 | あら | remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting) | Noun |
| 荒い | あらい | rough, wild, violent, rude, coarse, harsh, fierce, heavy (e.g. breathing) | common JLPT-N2 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 荒らす | あらす | to lay waste, to devastate, to damage | common JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb |
| 荒廃 | こうはい | ruin, destruction, devastation, waste, decay | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 荒っぽい | あらっぽい | wild, violent, rough-mannered, rude | common JLPT-N1 I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 荒天 | こうてん | stormy weather | Noun |
| 荒れる | あれる | to become stormy, to become rough (of the sea) | common Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |
| 荒波 | あらなみ | raging waves, stormy seas | common Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 荒々しい | あらあらしい | rough, wild, rude, harsh, gruff, violent | common I-adjective (keiyoushi) |
| 荒れ果てる | あれはてる | to fall into ruin, to become dilapidated, to become run-down, to become desolate, to be badly neglected | Ichidan verb, Intransitive verb |