Illustration: In a home kitchen, a cook lifts a wooden pestle from a small ridged mortar containing very coarsely crushed sesame seeds. Many whole seeds and large broken pieces remain clearly visible in the uneven mixture. Beside it sits a small dish of finely ground sesame for comparison.

JLPT N2i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

粗あらい

arai

coarse, rough

Used for texture or fineness. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼女かのじょのドレスはきめの粗あらいウールでできていた。
Her dress was made of coarse wool.
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その物体ぶったいの表面ひょうめんはかなり粗あらい。
The surface of the object is fairly rough.
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きめの粗あらい材質ざいしつがその子この柔やわらかい肌はだを傷きずつけた。
The rough material hurt the child’s tender skin.
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Kanji in 粗

粗coarse; roughOnソKunあらい・あら-

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