HARD (ER) KANJI - JLPT 2 KYUU |
| 荒 | Remember: The top part means kusa grass. The bottom is kawa river. The middle means to die. So the kanji shows a wild place where there is no grass or river. |
| あらい：こう violent; rude; wild：あれる become rough |
| 荒い arai - wild, rough 荒れ地 are chi - desert, wasteland |