荒すさむ

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

grow wild; become degenerate; run to waste

Describes a person's life, habits, or mental state becoming dissolute, neglected, or wild. Often used for someone who has let themselves go or fallen into bad ways.

• 失しつ業ぎょうしてから彼かれの生せい活かつは荒すさんでしまった。

  After losing his job, his life went to ruin.

• 心こころが荒すさんでいるときは、誰だれにも会あいたくない。

  When my heart is in a rough state, I don't want to see anyone.

godan verb (-mu), intransitive verb

become rough; lose refinement; deteriorate (of skill)

Used for artistic skill, craftsmanship, or technique becoming coarse or sloppy due to neglect or lack of practice.

• 練れん習しゅうを怠おこたると、ピアノの腕うでが荒すさむ。

  If you neglect practice, your piano skills deteriorate.

• 長ながい間あいだ筆ふでを取とらなかったので、書しょ道どうの腕うでが荒すさんでしまった。

  Because I hadn't picked up a brush for a long time, my calligraphy skills became rough.

godan verb (-mu), auxiliary verb

intensify; become more severe (of wind, rain, etc.)

Auxiliary verb use, usually attached to the -masu stem of another verb. Indicates that wind, rain, or a similar natural force becomes stronger or more violent. Literary and somewhat old-fashioned.

• 風かぜが吹ふき荒すさむ夜よるだった。

  It was a night when the wind blew fiercely.

• 雨あめが降ふり荒すさんで、川かわが氾はん濫らんした。

  The rain fell violently and the river flooded.