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荒野

荒れ野、 曠野

Readings

Kana: こうや、あれの、あらの
Romaji: kouya, areno, arano
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land

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: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: コウ、 あきらか、 むな.しい
Meanings: wide, worthless

Example Sentences

荒野(あらの)開拓(かいたく)する。
➥Cultivate the wilderness.
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(なん)日間(にちかん)(だれ)にも()わずに荒野(あらの)(ある)きまわることができますか。
➥Can you hike for days in the wilderness without seeing anyone?
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(あら)たな入植者達(にゅうしょくしゃたち)がその広大(こうだい)荒野(あらの)開拓(かいたく)した。
➥The newcomers cultivated the immense wilderness.
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