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荒地

荒れ地

Readings

Kana: あれち、こうち
Romaji: arechi, kouchi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land

2

The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)

Kanji

Readings: コウ、 あら.い、 あら-、 あ.れる、 あ.らす、 -あ.らし、 すさ.む
Meanings: laid waste, rough, rude, wild
Readings: チ、 ジ
Meanings: ground, earth

Example Sentences

(かれ)()()(うつく)しい(にわ)()えた。
➥He transformed a piece of waste ground into a beautiful garden.
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以前(いぜん)肥沃(ひよく)平野(へいや)であったのに(いま)では()()にすぎなくなっている。
➥Now there is nothing but desert, where there used to be a fertile plain.
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その庭園(ていえん)()()()わりつつある。
➥The garden is turning into a wilderness.
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