Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 らす [àrású]
Imperative (命令形) 荒らせ らせ [àrásé]
Key constructions
Passive 荒らされる らされる [àrásárérú]
Causative 荒らさせる らさせる [àrásásérú]
Potential 荒らせる らせる [àrásérú]
Volitional 荒らそう らそ [àrásóꜜò]
Negative 荒らさない らさない [àrásánáí]
Negative perfective 荒らさなかった らさなかった [àrásánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 荒らします らしま [àráshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 荒らした らした [àráshítá]
Conjunctive 荒らして らして [àráshíté]
Hypothetical conditional 荒らせば らせ [àráséꜜbà]

Verb edit

()らす (arasutransitive godan (stem ()らし (arashi), past ()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
    ()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 edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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