荒い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with (あら) (arai).[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「荒い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 荒く らく
Terminal (終止形) 荒い らい

Attributive (連体形) 荒い らい
Key constructions
Informal negative 荒くない らくな
Informal past 荒かった かった
Informal negative past 荒くなかった らくなかった
Formal 荒いです いです
Conjunctive 荒くて くて
Conditional 荒ければ ければ

Adjective

(あら) (arai-i (adverbial (あら) (araku))

  1. rough, harsh, intense (in regards to motion or movement)

Inflection

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN