Illustration: At a neighborhood pottery class, a learner runs two fingertips across the outside of a freshly fired cup with a coarse, sandy surface. Distinct little grains and uneven bumps catch beneath the fingertips, making the learner pause with a small grimace.

JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

ざらざら

zarazara

rough, gritty

Example sentences

  1. この紙かみはざらざらしている。

    This paper is rough.

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  2. 彼かれの手てはざらざらしている。

    His hands feel rough.

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  3. 猫ねこの舌したはザラザラしてる。

    Cats' tongues are rough.

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