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荒っぽい (あらっぽい, arappoi) Japanese meaning: wild | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 荒っぽい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 荒あら っぽい 荒あら っぽくない Polite 荒あら っぽいです 荒あら っぽくないです also 荒あら っぽくありません Past polite 荒あら っぽかったです 荒あら っぽくなかったです also 荒あら っぽくありませんでした Past 荒あら っぽかった 荒あら っぽくなかった Te-form 荒あら っぽくて 荒あら っぽくなくて Adverbial 荒あら っぽく Conditional 荒あら っぽければ 荒あら っぽくなければ Tara conditional 荒あら っぽかったら 荒あら っぽくなかったら
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あら
っぽい
が
、
本ほん
当とう
は
優やさ
しい
。
He has a rough way of speaking, but he's actually kind.
The kids were playing roughly and soon got into a fight.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 言こと 葉ば 遣づか いが 荒あら っぽい someone's way of speaking is rough or rude
His way of speaking is rough, but he's kind at heart.
荒あら っぽい 運うん 転てん rough, reckless driving
He is known for his rough driving.
〈 物もの 〉 を 荒あら っぽく 扱あつか う to handle something roughly
If you handle the new machine roughly, it will break.
荒あら っぽい 仕し 事ごと crude, careless work
This work is crude, so please redo it more carefully.
荒あら っぽい 性せい 格かく a rough, hot-tempered personality
He has a rough temperament, but he's kind to his friends.
Related words 乱暴 is a noun/adjectival-noun for violent or reckless conduct, often more serious or forceful than the adjective 荒っぽい.
がさつ describes someone as blunt, coarse and inattentive to others' feelings, while 荒っぽい focuses more on rough behavior or manner itself.
粗雑 emphasizes sloppy, careless work or reasoning, whereas 荒っぽい can describe both crude work and a rough personal manner.
手荒い specifically describes rough physical handling of people or objects, a narrower sense than the broader 荒っぽい.
Opposites 丁寧 means careful and polite, the opposite of 荒っぽい's carelessness or roughness in both manner and workmanship.
優しい describes gentle, kind behavior, contrasting with the rough, aggressive manner described by 荒っぽい.
Don't confuse with 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.
粗い describes coarse texture or granularity (like coarse sand), while 荒っぽい describes rough behavior or crude workmanship.
Written forms 荒あら っぽい Usage 95%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
あらっぽい Usage 5%
粗あら っぽい
Alternate kanji spelling, emphasizing coarseness or roughness of quality; less common than 荒っぽい.
Etymology Formed from the stem of the adjective 荒い (あらい, 'rough, wild') + the suffix っぽい (-ppoi, '-ish, tending to'), which adds a sense of 'having the quality of' or 'prone to'. The kanji 荒 suggests wildness or roughness, while 粗 emphasizes coarseness.
