荒っぽい
あらっぽい
rough; rude; crude
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Examples
彼は運転が荒っぽい。
かれはうんてんがあらっぽい。
His driving is rough.
荒っぽい言葉遣いは避けたほうがいい。
あらっぽいことばづかいはさけたほうがいい。
You'd do better to avoid rough language.
仕事のやり方が荒っぽくて、ミスが多い。
しごとのやりかたがあらっぽくて、ミスがおおい。
His way of working is slapdash, so he makes a lot of mistakes.
Common patterns
- 荒っぽい運転
- rough driving
- 荒っぽい性格
- a rough temperament
- 言葉が荒っぽい
- for one's language to be rough
Memory tip
The 〜っぽい ending gives 'has a touch of', so 荒っぽい is a shade softer and more colloquial than 乱暴. It can describe both manners and careless workmanship.
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