I Love Kanji荒らす (arasu)
荒らす (あらす, arasu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to lay waste; to devastate”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あらす
- Romaji
- arasu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to lay waste; to devastate; to damage · godan verb, transitive
- to invade; to break into · godan verb, transitive
- to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam · godan verb, transitive · colloquial
Example sentences
掲示板を荒らす人の精神状態がわかりません。
I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 荒らす
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in す. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 荒らす | あらす arasu |
| Polite (~masu) | 荒らします | あらします arashimasu |
| Negative | 荒らさない | あらさない arasanai |
| Polite negative | 荒らしません | あらしません arashimasen |
| Past | 荒らした | あらした arashita |
| Polite past | 荒らしました | あらしました arashimashita |
| Negative past | 荒らさなかった | あらさなかった arasanakatta |
| Te-form | 荒らして | あらして arashite |
| Potential | 荒らせる | あらせる araseru |
| Passive | 荒らされる | あらされる arasareru |
| Causative | 荒らさせる | あらさせる arasaseru |
| Volitional | 荒らそう | あらそう arasou |
| Imperative | 荒らせ | あらせ arase |
| Conditional (~ba) | 荒らせば | あらせば araseba |
Kanji in 荒らす
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 荒らす.
Source: JMdict entry 1281480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.