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荒 あら.い、あら-、あ.れる、あ.らす、-あ.らし、すさ.む laid waste, rough, rude, wild 2 1099 9 140 くさ・くさかんむり 形声 Phonetic After Godzilla laid waste to the city, the survivors put some flowers on the bodies of the deceased and floated their bodies down the stream. 488

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コウ ら 荒す(あらす): (1) to lay waste; to devastate; to damage (2) to invade; to break into (3) to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam荒れる(あれる): (1) to be stormy; to be rough (2) to be ruined; to fall into ruin (3) to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper荒廃(こうはい): ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay荒っぽい(あらっぽい): rough; rude荒い(あらい): rough; rude; wild S 艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140)亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish巛: curving river radical (no.47) 艸 6 (none) laid waste Laying waste is just a euphamism for flushing poop down the toilet. It smells nothing like flowers, more like deceased flowers, and it´s flushed down into a stream of sewage. Use "waste" to avoid destroy (#365) demolition (#400).

Kanji	荒
Onyomi	コウ
Kunyomi	あら.い、あら-、あ.れる、あ.らす、-あ.らし、すさ.む
Nanori	ら
English	laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Examples	荒す(あらす): (1) to lay waste; to devastate; to damage (2) to invade; to break into (3) to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam 荒れる(あれる): (1) to be stormy; to be rough (2) to be ruined; to fall into ruin (3) to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper 荒廃(こうはい): ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay 荒っぽい(あらっぽい): rough; rude 荒い(あらい): rough; rude; wild
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1099
Components	艸: grass; plants; grass radical (no. 140) 亡: deceased; the late; dying; perish 巛: curving river radical (no.47)
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	艸
Radical Number	140
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	くさ・くさかんむり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	laid waste
Koohii Story 1	After Godzilla laid waste to the city, the survivors put some flowers on the bodies of the deceased and floated their bodies down the stream.
Koohii Story 2	Laying waste is just a euphamism for flushing poop down the toilet. It smells nothing like flowers, more like deceased flowers, and it´s flushed down into a stream of sewage. Use "waste" to avoid destroy (#365) demolition (#400).
RTK Index	488

Laid Waste Wild Rough Radical Bodies Deceased Flowers