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What does 荒らす (あらす, arasu) mean?

荒らす (あらす, arasu) means to ravage, to raid; to disrupt, to vandalize.

Quick facts
Readingあらす
Romajiarasu
Part of speechgodan verb, transitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
あらす
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonarasu

to ravage, to raid; to disrupt, to vandalize

  1. 1godan verb · transitive to lay waste; to devastate; to damage
  2. 2godan verb · transitive to invade; to break into
  3. 3godan verb · transitive to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam

Example sentences

  • The typhoon severely devastated the fields.

  • Someone is trolling the bulletin board.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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