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荒

荒 — laid waste, rough, rude

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コウ
Kun
あらす, あれる, あらい, すさぶ, すさむ, あらし
Strokes
9
JLPT
N2
School grade
8

Common words with 荒

  • 荒木あらきlogs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumberCommon
  • 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decayCommon

    その国は戦争で荒廃してしまった。
    The country was wasted by war.

  • 荒れるあれるto become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)Common

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

  • 荒波あらなみraging waves; stormy seasCommon
  • 荒れあれstormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)Common
  • 荒らすあらすto lay waste; to devastate; to damageCommon
  • 荒らげるあららげるto roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)Common
  • 荒いあらいrough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing)Common
  • 荒っぽいあらっぽいwild; violent; rough-mannered; rudeCommon
  • 荒々しいあらあらしいrough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violentCommon
  • 荒野こうやwasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild…Common
  • 荒療治あらりょうじrough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatmentOccasional
  • 大荒れおおあれgreat storm; very severe weatherOccasional
  • 荒らし回るあらしまわるto wreak damage on; to cause trouble to; to ravage; to ransack; to rampage; to…Occasional
  • 荒唐無稽こうとうむけいabsurd; nonsensical; preposterousOccasional
  • 荒天こうてんstormy weatherOccasional
  • 荒事あらごと(theatrical) fighting sceneOccasional
  • 破天荒はてんこうunheard-of; unprecedentedOccasional
  • 荒れ果てるあれはてるto fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolat…Occasional
  • 吹き荒れるふきあれるto blow violently; to sweep over; to devastateOccasional

With the N5–N2 kanji, you can read 101 words that use 荒.

  • 荒木 あらき logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
  • 荒れる あれる to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)
  • 荒波 あらなみ raging waves; stormy seas
  • 荒れ あれ stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
  • 荒らす あらす to lay waste; to devastate; to damage

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