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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

荒あらす

N1
あらす arasu
  1. to lay waste
  2. to devastate
  3. to damage
  4. to invade
  5. to break into
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

破坏;捣乱

Examples

  • 掲けい示じ板ばんを荒あらす人ひとの精せい神しん状じょう態たいがわかりません。
    I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.
    我不理解在留言板捣乱的人的心理状态。
  • 彼らは私の果実園を荒らした。
    They robbed my orchard.
    他们破坏了我的果园。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8a11bf912f'); // 荒らす
{
  "id": "8a11bf912f",
  "word": "荒らす",
  "reading": "あらす",
  "romaji": "arasu",
  "meanings": [
    "to lay waste",
    "to devastate",
    "to damage",
    "to invade",
    "to break into"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "v5s",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1281480,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "掲示板を荒らす人の精神状態がわかりません。",
      "furigana": "{掲示板|けいじばん}を{荒|あ}らす{人|ひと}の{精神状態|せいしんじょうたい}がわかりません。",
      "en": "I just don't understand what goes through the minds of people who troll forums.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75037
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼らは私の果実園を荒らした。",
      "en": "They robbed my orchard.",
      "tatoeba_id": 97010
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "90ee500627ea6462f24c0e03c656de641f26e2746964be908fc9c934b800cb23",
    "meanings": [
      "破坏",
      "捣乱"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "掲示板を荒らす人の精神状態がわかりません。",
        "zh": "我不理解在留言板捣乱的人的心理状态。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼らは私の果実園を荒らした。",
        "zh": "他们破坏了我的果园。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/8a11bf912f",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1281480; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "abbd6a751854c97702055d0ceaf89f5453afc36262112d24601f240f536aaa18",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}