Moto 荒: Laid Waste; Rough; RudeKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- コウ
- Kun'yomi
- あら(い)、あら-、あ(れる)、あ(らす)、-あ(らし)、すさ(む)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 182 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (コウ)
- 荒廃こうはいruin; destruction
- 破天荒はてんこうunheard-of; unprecedented
- 荒唐無稽こうとうむけいabsurd; nonsensical
- 荒城こうじょうruined castle
- 荒天こうてんstormy weather
- 荒野こうやwasteland; wilderness
- 三宝荒神さんぼうこうじんguardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)
- 備荒びこうprovision for famine
- 備荒貯蓄びこうちょちくfamine-relief fund
- 備荒食びこうしょくemergency food
- 八荒はっこうthe national boundaries
- 凶荒きょうこうpoor crops; famine
- 寒地荒原かんちこうげんcold desert; arctic desert
- 救荒きゅうこうfamine relief
- 救荒作物きゅうこうさくもつhardy plants
- 流連荒亡りゅうれんこうぼうspending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
- 満目荒涼まんもくこうりょうall nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 荒木あらきlogs in bark; rough wood
- 荒れあれstormy weather; tempest
- 荒れるあれるto be stormy; to be rough
- 荒波あらなみraging waves; stormy seas
- 荒らすあらすto lay waste; to devastate
- 荒らげるあららげるto roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
- 吹き荒れるふきあれるto blow violently; to sweep over
- 大荒れおおあれgreat storm; agitation
- 荒いあらいrough; wild
- 荒すあらすto lay waste; to devastate
- 荒っぽいあらっぽいwild; violent
- 荒らし回るあらしまわるto break into (houses here and there); to rampage
- 荒れ果てるあれはてるto fall into ruin; to be desolated
- 荒れ模様あれもようstormy; threatening
- 荒事あらごと(theatrical) fighting scene
- 荒巻あらまきsalted salmon; fish wrapped in (bamboo) leaves
- 荒海あらうみrough sea; stormy sea
- 荒療治あらりょうじdrastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment
- 荒稼ぎあらかせぎmaking a killing; making easy money
- アパート荒らしアパートあらしapartment house robbery (robber)
- 一荒れひとあれsquall; burst of anger
- 事を荒立てることをあらだてるto make trouble; to rock the boat
- 人使いが荒いひとづかいがあらいworking one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
- 住み荒らすすみあらすto leave a house in bad shape
- 口荒くちあらrough speaking
- 口荒くくちあらくviolently
- 吹き荒ぶふきすさぶto blow fiercely; to rage
- 吹き荒むふきすさむto blow violently
- 墓荒らしはかあらしgrave-robbing
- 山荒らしやまあらしporcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
- 息を荒げるいきをあらげるto breathe heavily
- 手荒てあらviolent; rough
- 手荒いてあらいviolent; rough
- 手荒れてあれrough hands; red hands
- 春荒れはるあれspring storm
- 気が荒いきがあらいbad-tempered; aggressive
- 気の荒いきのあらいbad-tempered; aggressive
Other readings
- 荒々しいあらあらしいrough; wild
- 吹荒れるふきあれるto blow violently; to sweep over
- 山荒やまあらしporcupine (any mammal of suborder Hystricomorpha)
- 山荒亜目ヤマアラシあもくHystricomorpha (suborder of rodents)
- 比良八荒ひらはっこうcold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar
- 益荒猛男ますらたけおbrave and stalwart man
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