荒い (あらい): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

荒い (あらい) means rough / wild / violent.

See example sentences below.

荒い at a glance

荒い

あらいarai

N2adj

rough / wild / violent

荒いあらいaraiN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

rough / wild / violent

Example 1

この川の流れはとても荒いです。

Translation

The flow of this river is very rough.

Example 2

彼は話し方が少し荒いです。

Translation

He speaks a bit roughly.