荒い

荒い
あらい
rough
rude
wild
* * *
あらい【荒い, 粗い】
①[乱暴な]
〔荒々しい, 激しい〕
*violent
〖S〗〖D〗 (人・手段などが)乱暴な, 荒い.
*fierce
〖S〗(人・動物・気性・行動などが)荒々しい, 残忍な.
*gross
〖S〗 [通例限定](人・言葉・態度などが)粗野な, 荒い, 下品な.

▲a wild horse 気の荒い馬

a slave driver 《略式》[けなして] 人使いの荒い人, 部下をこき使う上司.

②[表面が]
〔ざらざらした, きめが粗い, ラフな〕
*coarse
/kɔ́ːrs/ 〖S〗(生地・粒・肌などが)きめの粗い, (髪の毛などが)硬い, ごわごわした(⇔fine)

cloth of coarse fiber 目の粗い布

a coarse weave 目の粗い織り[編み]方.

*rough
/rʌ́f/ 〖S〗 (表面が)ざらざらした, きめの粗い(⇔smooth)

rough skin きめの粗い皮膚

That board is rough to the touch. その板は手ざわりが粗い(=That board feels rough. )

*harsh
〖S〗 (手で触ると不快で)ざらざらした, 粗い

This towel is harsh to the touch. このタオルは手ざわりが粗い.

cellular
[通例限定](布地が)目の粗い

a cellular blanket [shirt] 目の粗い毛布[シャツ].

*loose
/lúːs/ (織物などが)目の粗い

cloth with a loose weave 目の粗い織地

cloth of a loose texture 目の粗い布地.

③[おおざっぱな]
〔おおまかな, 雑な, 粗削りな〕
*rough
〖S〗[通例限定](計画・計算などが)大ざっぱな, おおよその.
*crude
[通例限定] [しばしばけなして] 粗い, 粗雑な;大まかな.
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あらい【荒い】
1 〔勢いが強い〕 violent(-tempered); 〔粗暴な〕 harsh.

●呼吸が荒い breathe heavily [harshly]

・鼻息が荒い 〔意気込みが激しい〕 enthusiastic; 〔強気だ〕 (feeling) bullish

・言葉づかいが荒い speak roughly; be roughly spoken; use harsh language

・荒く ⇒あらく1

・荒さ roughness; violence.

●今日は波が荒い. The waves are [sea is] rough today.

・怒った彼が荒い息づかいで近づいてきた. He approached me angrily [in anger], breathing heavily.

・緊張して息が荒くなってきた. He was tense, and his breathing was becoming heavy.

・彼は鼻息も荒く飛びだしていった. He leapt out, full of determination (and self-confidence).

・この馬は気性が荒い. This horse has a [is of (a)] violent temperament [disposition].

・あの家庭は平和で荒い言葉一つ聞かれない. They are a harmonious family, where no angry word is ever heard [voices are never raised in anger].

2 〔節度がない〕 immoderate; untemperate; extravagant.

●金づかいの荒い人 a spendthrift (person); a person who is extravagant (with money); a person who spends money like water [as if it was going out of fashion].

●あの会社は人使いが荒い. That company treats its personnel badly. | That company works [drives] its employees hard.


Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.

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