JLPT N2 · い-adjective

粗い (arai)

粗い (あらい, arai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “coarse; rough”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あらい
Romaji: arai
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

coarse; rough · い-adjective

Example sentences

彼女のドレスはきめの粗いウールでできていた。

Her dress was made of coarse wool.

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

Conjugation of 粗い

い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	粗い	あらい arai
Negative	粗くない	あらくない arakunai
Past	粗かった	あらかった arakatta
Negative past	粗くなかった	あらくなかった arakunakatta
Te-form	粗くて	あらくて arakute
Adverb (~ku)	粗く	あらく araku
Conditional (~ba)	粗ければ	あらければ arakereba

Kanji in 粗い

粗

coarse, rough, ruggedソ・あら.い・あら- · 11 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 粗い.

粗末そまつcrude粗あらremaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting)粗筋あらすじoutline

Source: JMdict entry 1396910 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.