This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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あら
leftovers (after filleting a fish); rice chaff; flaw (esp. of a person); rough; roughly; crude; raw; natural; wild
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荒木

粗木
あらき
logs in bark; rough wood
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荒野

荒れ野、曠野
こうや、あれの、あらの
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds; desert; wild land
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荒廃

こうはい
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
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荒らす

荒す
あらす
to lay waste; to devastate; to damage; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
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荒い

あらい
rough; rude; wild
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荒れる

v1
vi
あれる
to be stormy; to be rough; to be ruined; to fall into ruin; to be in a bad temper; to lose one's temper
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破天荒

はてんこう
unheard-of; unprecedented
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荒地

荒れ地
あれち、こうち
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land; The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)
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荒神

こうじん
god of a cooking stove