laid waste, rough, rude, wild

On'yomi
コウ
Kun'yomi
あ.らす、あ.れる、あら.い、すさ.ぶ、すさ.む、あ.らし
Parts
川艹亡similar kanji →
JLPT N39 strokesSecondary#1099 most commonU+8352

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Words using 荒

  • 荒いあらいrough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing)N5
  • 荒っぽいあらっぽいwild; violent; rough-mannered; rudeN5
  • 荒らすあらすto lay waste; to devastate; to damageN5
  • 荒れるあれるto become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)N5
  • 荒波あらなみraging waves; stormy seasN5
  • 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decayN5
  • 荒木あらきlogs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumberN5
  • 荒々しいあらあらしいrough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violentN5
  • 荒野こうやwasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild landN5
  • 荒らげるあららげるto roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)N5
  • 荒れあれstormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)N5
  • 凶荒きょうこうpoor crops; famineN3
  • 荒れ狂うあれくるうto rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to go berserkN3
  • 荒稼ぎあらかせぎmaking a killing; making easy moneyN3
  • 荒城こうじょうruined castleN3
  • 荒天こうてんstormy weatherN3
  • 荒唐無稽こうとうむけいabsurd; nonsensical; preposterousN3
  • 荒涼こうりょうdesolate; dreary; bleakN3
  • 食い荒らすくいあらすto eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf downN3
  • 吹き荒れるふきあれるto blow violently; to sweep over; to devastateN3