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荒立てる (あらだてる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

荒あら立だてる

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だ

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

aggravate; make worse; stir up

Used for making a situation, conflict, or emotion more serious or intense, often through words or actions. Common with nouns like 問題, 争い, 気持ち.

彼かれの一ひと言ことが問もん題だいを荒あら立だててしまった。
His one remark ended up aggravating the problem.
そんなこと

を

言い

う

と

、

彼かの

女じょ

の

気き

持も

ち

を

荒あら

立だ

てる

だけ

だ

よ

。

Saying that will only stir up her feelings.

Written forms

荒あら立だてるUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling.
あらだてるUsage3%
Kana spelling is sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.

Kanji

荒laid waste, rough, rude
立stand up, rise, set up

Similar words

荒あれる
Intransitive; describes a situation or weather becoming rough or stormy, not a deliberate action.
荒あらす
Transitive; means to damage, vandalize, or lay waste to something physically, not typically used for abstract situations.

Etymology

Compound of 荒 (rough, wild) and 立てる (to raise, to cause to stand). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination conveys 'to raise something into a rough state'.