荒い
N2あらい arai
- rough
- rude
- wild
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
粗暴;挥霍;猛烈
Examples
- 僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。My boss is a slave driver.我的老板使唤人很厉害。
- 彼は金使いが荒い。He is free with his money.他花钱大手大脚。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c171dadc4a'); // 荒い
{
"id": "c171dadc4a",
"word": "荒い",
"reading": "あらい",
"romaji": "arai",
"meanings": [
"rough",
"rude",
"wild"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1281450,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。",
"furigana": "{僕|ぼく}のボスは{人使|ひとづか}いが{荒|あら}いんだ。",
"en": "My boss is a slave driver.",
"tatoeba_id": 82253
},
{
"ja": "彼は金使いが荒い。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{金使|かねづか}いが{荒|あら}い。",
"en": "He is free with his money.",
"tatoeba_id": 108207
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6b1c6041b0a9a08b6b7a836a1f46bd8fded1a54529360abbbfe67c30b807f79a",
"meanings": [
"粗暴",
"挥霍",
"猛烈"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "僕のボスは人使いが荒いんだ。",
"zh": "我的老板使唤人很厉害。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は金使いが荒い。",
"zh": "他花钱大手大脚。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/c171dadc4a",
"JMdict ent_seq 1281450; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "75c748deff4e9bf9488b23d7d6ab9b1a526b0ba03ffefd1e885e3897e079d4e2"
}
}