JLPT N2 · Verb

荒れる (areru)

荒れる (あれる, areru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あれる
Romaji: areru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea) · ichidan verb, intransitive
to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become dilapidated · ichidan verb, intransitive
to become rough (of skin); to get chapped · ichidan verb, intransitive
to become unruly; to become violent; to go wild; to get out of control · ichidan verb, intransitive
to become unsettled (e.g. of one's life); to become disordered · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

海はますます荒れてきた。

The sea grew wilder and wilder.

Tatoeba #185098

村への道路はとても荒れています。

The road to the village is very rough.

Tatoeba #139155

唇が荒れています。

I have chapped lips.

Tatoeba #145685

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 荒れる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	荒れる	あれる areru
Polite (~masu)	荒れます	あれます aremasu
Negative	荒れない	あれない arenai
Polite negative	荒れません	あれません aremasen
Past	荒れた	あれた areta
Polite past	荒れました	あれました aremashita
Negative past	荒れなかった	あれなかった arenakatta
Te-form	荒れて	あれて arete
Potential	荒れられる	あれられる arerareru
Passive	荒れられる	あれられる arerareru
Causative	荒れさせる	あれさせる aresaseru
Volitional	荒れよう	あれよう areyou
Imperative	荒れろ	あれろ arero
Conditional (~ba)	荒れれば	あれれば arereba

Kanji in 荒れる

荒

laid waste, rough, rudeコウ・あ.らす・あ.れる · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 荒れる.

荒廃こうはいruin荒いあらいrough荒らすあらすto lay waste荒っぽいあらっぽいwild

Source: JMdict entry 1281490 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.