stormy weather; rough seas; chapped skin
Refers to rough natural conditions (weather, sea) or rough, chapped skin. Often used in set phrases like 肌荒れ (skin roughness) or 海の荒れ (rough seas).
The seas were so rough that the ship couldn't leave port.
The sea is too rough today, so we can't take the boat out.
In winter I suffer from chapped skin.
I use moisturizing cream to prevent my skin from getting chapped.
The rough seas calmed down by nightfall.
凪 describes a calm, windless sea, the direct opposite of the rough-sea sense of 荒れ.
荒れ describes things becoming rough or turbulent (weather, skin, a situation getting wild), while 乱れ describes things losing their proper order or arrangement.
rough skin; skin irritation; breakouts
become stormy; get rough (sea) · fall into ruin; become dilapidated; become neglected · get chapped; become rough (skin) · become violent; go wild; get out of control · become unsettled; become disordered (life)
rampage; run wild; go berserk · rage; be wild; be violent
brief storm; spell of bad weather · bout of bad mood · trouble; discord; storminess
great storm; very severe weather · upset; surprise result · agitation; upheaval; great confusion
rough hands; chapped hands; dry hands
spring storm
wild; neglected; rough
dilapidated temple; abandoned temple; temple ruins
Noun form of the verb 荒れる (to become rough, stormy). The kanji 荒 carries meanings of rough, wild, or desolate.
dilapidated house; hovel; miserable shack
dry skin; skin that chaps easily
wild pitch; erratic ball
rough skin; chapped skin