Japanese word

暴れる

Pronunciation

Romajiabareru

Meaning

  • verbrun wild

Example

子どもたちは庭で暴れます。ko do mo ta chi wa niwa de aba re ma su

The children run wild in the yard.

Illustration for 暴れる (run wild)

More examples

子犬は風船を追って、部屋で暴れました。ko inu wa fū sen o o tte heya de aba re ma shi ta

The puppy ran wild in the room chasing a balloon.

Core concept

暴れる (abareru) describes a person or animal moving violently without restraint, either in wild activity or while resisting control.

Common phrases

  • 大いに暴れるō i ni aba re ru

    run wild

  • 酔って暴れるyo tte aba re ru

    act violently while drunk

Similar words

騒ぐsawagu: To cause a disturbance through noisy or unruly behavior.
暴れ回るabaremawaru: To run around wildly without control or restraint.
もがくmogaku: To make forceful movements while trying to escape restraint.

Definition in Japanese

人や動物が、制止や周囲の状況を顧みず、激しく動き回ったり抵抗したりする。hito ya dō butsu ga sei shi ya shū i no jō kyō o kaeri mi zu hage shi ku ugo ki mawa tta ri tei kō shi ta ri su ru

Word origin

暴れる (abareru) is a native Japanese verb whose historical source is 暴る (abaru, "to act wildly"); the verb later took its modern conjugation and form.

Usage tips

  • The word can describe a child playing too roughly without implying deliberate harm, which makes it useful in everyday descriptions of unruly behavior.

Other meanings

  • act violentlyverb
  • struggleverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 暴れ者abaremonotroublemakernoun
  • 暴れん坊abarenbōrowdy personnoun

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