Illustration: At a small Japanese fishing harbor, rising waves break hard against the outer seawall and throw spray over its edge. Beyond the sheltered basin, the sea is crowded with steep whitecaps beneath approaching dark clouds.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

荒あれる

areru

to become stormy, to get rough

Example sentences

天気てんきは荒あれています。
It’s stormy.
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昨日きのうは海うみが荒あれていた。
The sea was rough yesterday.
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今日きょうは海うみがかなり荒あれてるよ。
The sea is pretty rough today.
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Kanji in 荒

荒laid waste; roughOnコウKunあらす・あれる・あらい

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