荒海

Japanese

Kanji in this term
荒	海
あら Grade: S	うみ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
荒海 (kyūjitai)

Etymology 1

/arumi₁/ → /arumi/. Compound of 荒 (ara, “rough”) +‎ 海 (umi₁, “sea”). Old Japanese did not permit vowel clusters, resulting in vowel elision of medial ua to u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arumi]

Noun

荒海(あるみ) • (arumi) 

1. a sea with rough waves

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [araumi]

Noun

荒(あら)海(うみ) • (araumi) 

1. a sea with rough waves