荒らす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒
あ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720 CE.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "荒らす"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
荒らす あらす [àrású]
Imperative (命令形) 荒らせ あらせ [àrásé]
Key constructions
Passive 荒らされる あらされる [àrásárérú]
Causative 荒らさせる あらさせる [àrásásérú]
Potential 荒らせる あらせる [àrásérú]
Volitional 荒らそう あらそ​ー [àrásóꜜò]
Negative 荒らさない あらさない [àrásánáí]
Negative perfective 荒らさなかった あらさな​かった [àrásánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 荒らします あらしま​す [àráshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 荒らした あらした [àráshítá]
Conjunctive 荒らして あらして [àráshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 荒らせば あらせ​ば [àráséꜜbà]

Verb

荒(あ)らす • (arasu) transitive godan (stem 荒(あ)らし (arashi), past 荒(あ)らした (arashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 荒らす
mediopassive 荒れる
  1. to lay waste, to devastate; to put everything in disorder
  2. to invade; to barge into someone's area or domain
  3. to destroy, to ruin
  4. (Internet) to troll, to vandalize
    荒(あ)らすコメントをしないでください。
    Arasu komento o shinaide kudasai.
    Please do not make trolling comments.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. “荒”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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