JLPT N2 · い-adjective

荒い (arai)

荒い (あらい, arai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “rough; wild”. 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

rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse · い-adjective
immoderate; extravagant; reckless · い-adjective

Example sentences

僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。

My boss is a slave driver.

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

Conjugation of 荒い

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

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

Kanji in 荒い

荒

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 荒い.

荒廃こうはいruin荒れるあれるto become stormy荒らすあらすto lay waste荒っぽいあらっぽいwild

Source: JMdict entry 1281450 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.