rough wood; unseasoned timber; logs in bark
Refers to wood in its natural, unprocessed state, often with bark still attached, or freshly cut lumber that has not been dried or planed.
This hut is built with rough, unseasoned timber.
At the lumber mill, logs in bark were piled up.
They felled the raw timber from the mountain and hauled it out.
At the mill, the rough wood is processed into boards.
木材 is the general word for wood or lumber used in construction, while 荒木 specifically means wood still in its raw, unprocessed state.
丸太 refers to a log with branches removed, whereas 荒木 emphasizes wood that is still rough and often bark-on.
wood in log or timber form is naturally counted with 本.
Standard kanji spelling; the most common form in modern usage.
Rare variant; 新 suggests 'new' wood, but this spelling is uncommon.
Rare variant; 粗 suggests 'coarse' wood, but this spelling is uncommon.
Compound of 荒 (rough, wild) and 木 (tree, wood). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning follows naturally from the kanji components.