- 荒れる
- あれる
to be stormy
to be rough
to lose one's temper* * *あれる【荒れる】①[天候などが]〔吹き荒れる, 吹きすさぶ, 荒れ狂う, 時化る, 暴れる, 騒ぐ, 乱れる〕be stormy [rough]It was stormy last night. 昨夜は天候が荒れた
*rough/rʌ́f/ 〖形〗(海などが)荒れる;荒天の(⇔calm)rave|自|(海が)荒れる, (風が)うなるget up[自](風・火・波などが)強くなる, (海が)荒れる.②[荒廃する]〔荒れ果てる〕be ruinedfall into ruin(建物が)荒れるThe temple has fallen into ruin. 寺は荒れてしまった
be wasted(土地・国などが)荒れるa country wasted by a long war 長期の戦争で荒れた国
ravage|自|荒れる.③[皮膚が]〔ざらざらになる, ささくれる, ミびわれる〕become rough.④[人などが]〔すさぶ, すさむ〕be in a bad temper機嫌が悪いgo wild〔…に〕ひどく怒る〔with〕.▲a stormy temper 荒れやすい性格.
* * *あれる【荒れる】1 〔天候が荒くなる〕 become [get] rough; rage; get [grow] wild.●海が荒れている. The sea is troubled [rough, raging].
・海が荒れて漁ができない. We can't fish today, the sea's too rough.
・東風が吹いて海が少し荒れていた. There was a small sea rising with the wind coming up from the east.
・一晩中荒れていたが, 明け方になって天気は回復した. It was stormy all night long, but toward daybreak good weather returned.
・あの地域の天候は毎年今ごろ荒れる. They have stormy weather at this time every year.
2 〔あばれる〕 rage; get violent; run wild; get unruly; go on a [the] rampage; go [run] berserk [amok]. [⇒あばれる]●その年は安保問題で学生デモが荒れた. That was the year student demonstrations over the security treaty issue became violent.
3 〔荒廃する〕 (土地などが) run to waste; be desolate [neglected]; (建物が) go [fall] to ruin; fall into decay; be ruined [ruinous, dilapidated, tumbledown]; be in bad repair.●畑が荒れている. The field lies waste.
・庭は荒れて草がぼうぼうとしている. The garden's been neglected and is overgrown [the weeds have run riot].
・彼はその家を荒れるにまかせておいた. He let the house go to ruin [go to the devil].
・沖縄の珊瑚の海は, 急速な開発によってすでにかなり荒れている. Okinawa's coral seas are already fairly devastated as a result of rapid development.
4 〔平穏な状態でなくなる〕 become unsettled [disrupted].●今日の会議は荒れた. Today's meeting was unruly.
・彼の発言をきっかけに討論会は荒れた. His remark triggered off a turbulent [rowdy] debate.
・残業が続くと, 疲労がたまり, 気持ちも荒れてくる. If you keep on working overtime, fatigue builds up and your mood turns nasty.
・あの学校は今校内暴力で荒れて手がつけられない状態だ. Violence among students has caused turmoil in that school, and things have gotten out of hand.
5 〔(皮膚などが)ざらざらになる・傷む〕 roughen; become rough; get chappy [chapped].●水仕事で手が荒れる get dry [chapped] hands from washing
・風邪をひいてのどが荒れた. I caught a cold and my throat feels raw.
・マスクをかけると唇が荒れない. If you wear a gauze mask over your mouth, your lips won't get chapped.
・ストレスで胃が荒れた. My stomach has become unsettled because of stress.
●水仕事をすると手が荒れる. Washing and scullery work will give you dry, rough hands.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.