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荒い · i-adjective

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	荒あらい	荒あらくない
Polite	荒あらいです	荒あらくないですalso 荒あらくありません
Past polite	荒あらかったです	荒あらくなかったですalso 荒あらくありませんでした
Past	荒あらかった	荒あらくなかった
Te-form	荒あらくて	荒あらくなくて
Adverbial	荒あらく
Conditional	荒あらければ	荒あらくなければ
Tara conditional	荒あらかったら	荒あらくなかったら

Meanings

i-adjective

rough; wild; violent; coarse; harsh

Describes actions, manners, or natural forces that are rough, violent, or lacking gentleness. Also used for heavy breathing.

彼かれは運うん転てんが荒あらい。
His driving is rough.
波なみが荒あらいので、今日きょうは泳およげない。
The waves are rough, so we can't swim today.
荒あらい息いき遣づかいが聞きこえた。
I could hear heavy breathing.

i-adjective

immoderate; extravagant; reckless

Used for spending, behavior, or habits that are excessive, wasteful, or lacking restraint.

彼かれは金かね遣づかいが荒あらい。
He is extravagant with money.
あのチームはプレーが荒あらい。
That team plays recklessly.

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Usage patterns

波なみが荒あらいthe waves/sea are rough
台たい風ふうが近ちかづいていて、波なみが荒あらい。
A typhoon is approaching and the waves are rough.
言こと葉ばが荒あらいone's language/words are harsh or rough
彼かれは怒おこると言こと葉ばが荒あらくなる。
He gets rough with his words when he's angry.
運うん転てんが荒あらいsomeone's driving is rough/reckless
あのタクシーの運うん転てん手しゅは運うん転てんが荒あらい。
That taxi driver's driving is rough.
呼こ吸きゅうが荒あらいone's breathing is heavy/ragged
彼かの女じょは長ちょう距きょ離りを走はしったあとで呼こ吸きゅうが荒あらかった。
Her breathing was ragged after running a long distance.

Expressions

荒あらい波なみrough waves; raging waves; stormy seas
気きが荒あらいbad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
気きの荒あらいbad-tempered; aggressive; quarrelsome
鼻はな息いきが荒あらいimperious; proud; overbearing · heavy nasal breathing; snorting
人ひと使づかいが荒あらいwork one's people hard; be a slave-driver
金かね遣ずかいの荒あらいextravagant; wasteful with money

Kanji

荒laid waste, rough, rude

Related words

乱らん暴ぼうN3sense 1
乱暴 is a noun/na-adjective emphasizing violent or careless treatment of people or things, while 荒い is a broader i-adjective that can also describe natural forces like wind or waves.
無む駄だN4sense 2
無駄 focuses on wastefulness with no benefit, while 荒い (as in 金遣いが荒い) describes a reckless, uncontrolled way of spending or using things.
激はげしいN3sense 1
激しい stresses sheer intensity of a force or emotion (激しい雨), whereas 荒い adds a sense of roughness or lack of control rather than just strength.
荒あら々あらしいN1
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.
粗そ暴ぼう
荒い is a broad adjective for rough, intense, or violent, usable for natural forces or actions, while 粗暴 is specifically about human character and manner.

Opposites

穏おだやかN3sense 1
穏やか describes calm, gentle conditions (穏やかな海), the opposite of 荒い used for rough, violent seas or manners.
質しっ素そN2sense 2
質素 describes frugal, modest habits, the opposite of 荒い used for reckless, extravagant spending (金遣いが荒い).

Don't confuse with

粗あらいN2
荒い describes rough or violent behavior/manner (荒い波, 荒い運転), while 粗い describes coarse texture or granularity (粗い砂, 粗い網).
荒あららげる
荒い is an adjective meaning rough or violent, whereas 荒らげる is a transitive verb meaning to deliberately make one's voice or attitude rough.
荒あらっぽいN2
荒い describes something physically rough or violent (rough seas, rough breathing), while 荒っぽい describes a person's manner or the crudeness of their work.
荒あれるN2
荒い is an adjective describing an already-rough or violent state or manner, while 荒れる is the verb for something changing into that rough or ruined state.

Word family· 52

荒あらすN1
lay waste; devastate; damage · invade; break into; trespass · troll; spam; vandalize online
荒あらし
internet troll; online troublemaker · causing havoc; vandalism; trolling · robbery; burglary; thief; robber
荒あら木き
rough wood; unseasoned timber; logs in bark
荒あら々あらしいN1
rough; wild; violent; harsh; gruff
荒あら波なみ
raging waves; stormy seas · hardships; adversity; troubles

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荒あらっぽいN2
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rude · rough; crude; coarse; careless
粗あら削けずり
rough-hewn; unrefined; crude
手て荒あら
violent; rough; harsh
荒あらくれ
rough; rowdy; wild; violent · rough person; rowdy person
荒あら神がみ
powerful deity; miraculous spirit
荒あら業わざ
physical labor; manual work; heavy work · drastic move; power technique; display of power
荒あら海うみ
rough sea; stormy sea
荒あら療りょう治じ
drastic medical treatment; rough-and-ready remedy · drastic measures; bold steps
荒あら立だつ
become rough; get agitated; become aggravated
荒あら馬うま
wild horse; untamed horse; bronco
手て荒あらい
violent; rough
荒あららげる
roughen; raise (voice); harden (attitude)
荒あら行ぎょう
asceticism; austere training
荒あら磯いそ
reefy coast; windswept shore
荒あら稼かせぎ
making a killing; raking in money · robbery; robber
口くち荒あら
rough speaking; harsh language
荒あら事ごと
kabuki fighting scene; rough style acting
荒あら壁かべ
rough-coated wall; roughcast wall
荒あら夷えびす
crude eastern warrior; wild man
アラメ
arame (Eisenia bicyclis)
荒あら潮しお
violent tide; fierce tidal current
荒あら物もの
household sundries; household tools and utensils
荒あら石いし
unprocessed stone; rubble
荒あら筵むしろ
loosely woven mat; coarse straw mat

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Etymology

The adjective 荒い is derived from the same root as the verb 荒れる (to be rough, stormy). The kanji 荒 carries meanings of roughness, wildness, and devastation.