単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Single kanji#5,037 most used

荒い

あらい0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

rough; wild

ITS KANJI

荒roughread あら here6 words ›

IN A SENTENCE

He drives roughly.

from Tatoeba

IN OTHER SENTENCES

She is rough in speech.

from Tatoeba · mookeee

MEANINGS

1

rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing)

い-adjective

TANGOYA ASKS

2

immoderate; extravagant; reckless

い-adjective

SOUNDS THE SAME

洗いwashingあらい · not in tangoya
粗いcoarse; roughあらい

DETAILS

Kind単漢字, single kanji

Frequency#5,037 most used

Written荒い only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium