荒れる

あれる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea)
2. to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become dilapidated
3. to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
4. to become unruly; to become violent; to go wild; to get out of control
5. to become unsettled (e.g. of one's life); to become disordered

Kanji

• 荒 rough. Read as あれる.

Example sentences

• 海は荒れていた。
  The sea was running high.
• 海はますます荒れてきた。
  The sea grew wilder and wilder.
• 海が荒れてきた、それでつりを断念しなければならなかった。
  The sea got rough, so that we had to give up fishing.
• なるほど彼は剛速球投手だが、よく荒れる。
  It is true he has a good fast ball, but he is often wild.
• 私達が渡ってきた時イギリス海峡は荒れていた。
  The English Channel was rough when we crossed.

Common phrases

• 海が荒れる
• 影響で荒れる
• 天候が荒れる
• 荒れに荒れる
• 次第に荒れる
• 生活が荒れる
• 山が荒れる

Related forms

• 荒らす (あらす) to lay waste (transitive partner)

Words containing 荒れる

• 荒れ果てる (あれはてる) to fall into ruin
• 吹き荒れる (ふきあれる) to blow violently
• 荒れ狂う (あれくるう) to rampage

And 10 more.

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