JLPT N1 · い-adjective

荒っぽい (arappoi)

荒っぽい (あらっぽい, arappoi) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “wild; violent”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: あらっぽい
Romaji: arappoi
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

wild; violent; rough-mannered; rude · い-adjective
rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse; careless · い-adjective

Example sentences

ボクシングは必ずしも荒っぽいスポーツではない。

Boxing is not always a rough sport.

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

Conjugation of 荒っぽい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	荒っぽい	あらっぽい arappoi
Negative	荒っぽくない	あらっぽくない arappokunai
Past	荒っぽかった	あらっぽかった arappokatta
Negative past	荒っぽくなかった	あらっぽくなかった arappokunakatta
Te-form	荒っぽくて	あらっぽくて arappokute
Adverb (~ku)	荒っぽく	あらっぽく arappoku
Conditional (~ba)	荒っぽければ	あらっぽければ arappokereba

Kanji in 荒っぽい

荒

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 荒っぽい.

荒廃こうはいruin荒いあらいrough荒れるあれるto become stormy荒らすあらすto lay waste

Source: JMdict entry 1281470 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.