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荒
rough · wild · unpolished · desolate
N2On: こうKun: あら、あれる、あらす、あらっぽい
Memory Aid
'コウ' — like a COW wandering in a ROUGH, WILD field.
The kanji, with its tall grass radical (艹) on top, suggests an overgrown, WILD and ROUGH area.
Vocabulary
荒野こうやwilderness, wasteland
荒れるあれるto get rough, to be stormy, to go wild
荒っぽいあらっぽいrough, violent, rude
荒らすあらすto lay waste, to devastate, to ransack
大荒れおおあれstormy weather, big commotion
Example Sentences
彼は言葉遣いが少し荒い。
His language is a little rough.
天気が荒れて、船が出せなかった。
The weather was rough, so the boats couldn't go out.
泥棒が家の中を荒らした。
A burglar ransacked the house.
その昔、このあたりは広大な荒野だった。
A long time ago, this area was a vast wilderness.