Expressions 粗そ 診しん 粗そ 療りょう poor medical consultation leading to poor treatment 粗そ 末まつ にする treat shabbily; handle roughly; neglect · waste; use wastefully; spend recklessly Related words 粗そ 末まつ 粗末 is a compound meaning 'crude, shoddy, or wasteful,' often used for objects or treatment, while 粗 alone is a more general descriptor of coarseness.
粗あら い 粗い (あらい ) is a different adjective meaning 'coarse' in texture or spacing, but 粗 (そ ) is a bound morpheme used in compounds and as a na-adjective.
Word family· 44 crude; rough; shabby; poor-quality
coarse; crude; inferior
poor; lame; ill-prepared
rough; wild; rude; violent
carelessness; blunder; careless mistake · wetting oneself; soiling oneself
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coarse; rough; bulky
rude; vulgar; rough; rustic
osteoporosis
crude manufacturing; shoddy production
bulky waste; oversized garbage; large refuse · useless husband; retired nuisance husband
rough; crude; unrefined
simple diet; plain food; frugal meal
coarse; crude; rough
small gift; token of appreciation · inferior goods; low-quality article
density; coarseness and fineness; sparseness and denseness
coarse cloth; rough fabric
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude
rough sketch; rough drawing
rough; careless; slovenly
plain clothing; coarse clothes
brushwood; twig
raw oil; unrefined vegetable oil
crude; coarse; rough
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Written forms 粗そ Usage 95%
そ Usage 3%
麤そ Usage 2%
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji variant; rarely used in modern Japanese.
麁そ
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji variant; rarely used in modern Japanese.
Etymology The kanji 粗 originally depicts unpolished rice, symbolizing coarseness or lack of refinement. The reading そ is the on'yomi, used in many compounds.
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