Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 荒々しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 荒あら 々あら しい 荒々あらあら しくない Polite 荒々あらあら しいです 荒々あらあら しくないです also 荒々あらあら しくありません Past polite 荒々あらあら しかったです 荒々あらあら しくなかったです also 荒々あらあら しくありませんでした Past 荒々あらあら しかった 荒々あらあら しくなかった Te-form 荒々あらあら しくて 荒々あらあら しくなくて Adverbial 荒々あらあら しく Conditional 荒々あらあら しければ 荒々あらあら しくなければ Tara conditional 荒々あらあら しかったら 荒々あらあら しくなかったら
Usage patterns 荒々あらあら しい 態度たいど a rough/aggressive attitude
He complained to the store clerk with a rough, aggressive attitude.
荒々あらあら しい 声こえ a rough, harsh voice
My father shouted in a harsh, rough voice.
荒々あらあら しい 口調くちょう で 〈 動詞どうし〉 〉 to do (something) in a harsh, blunt tone
He gave the order in a harsh, blunt tone.
荒々あらあら しい 波なみ wild, violent waves
Wild, violent waves were crashing against the rocks.
Related words· 6 荒い is a simpler, more neutral word for 'rough' (surfaces, weather, manner), while 荒々しい is more emphatic and vivid, stressing a striking or violent roughness.
激しい focuses on the intensity or force of something (like rain or emotion), whereas 荒々しい adds a sense of coarseness or lack of refinement beyond mere intensity.
乱暴 describes rough, violent behavior or treatment (often as a noun/na-adjective), while 荒々しい is an i-adjective more often used to describe manner, voice, or nature.
荒々しい describes rough or violent behavior with a more negative or intense feel, while ワイルド often carries a stylish or attractive connotation.
Show 2 more Show fewer 荒々しい describes rough, wild manner or behavior, while 猛 highlights sheer ferocity or an extreme degree, often fused into compounds like 猛犬 .
荒々しい describes rough, harsh manner or tone, while 凶暴 describes actual violent, dangerous ferocity.
Opposites 穏やか means calm and gentle, the direct opposite of the rough, harsh quality described by 荒々しい .
優しい describes gentle, kind behavior or speech, contrasting with the harsh, rough manner of 荒々しい .
Written forms 荒あら 々あら しい Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling with iteration mark; high-frequency and preferred in modern writing.
あらあらしい Usage 5%
荒あら 荒あら しい Usage 1%
Non-iteration-mark spelling; rarely used but recognized.
Etymology Derived from the adjective stem 荒 (ara-, 'rough') reduplicated with the suffix しい (-shii) to form an emphatic adjective. The reduplication intensifies the meaning, creating a vivid description of roughness or wildness.
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