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荒い (あらい): rough, rude, wild — Japanese vocabulary

荒い is read あらい and means "rough, rude, wild". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

荒い

Reading
あらい · arai
Translation
rough, rude, wild
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
あらいがあらいが

Example

僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。

ぼくのボスはひとづかいがあらいんだ。

My boss is a slave driver.

Kanji in this word

  • 荒 — rough, wild

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