How to say "tempest" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- nounCovers 'tempest' in its basic sense: a violent storm of fierce wind and rain. Choose this when you mean the storm itself, as an event, rather than the state of the weather being rough.この風は嵐の印だ。↗This wind is a sign of a storm.
- 荒れあれnounNames stormy weather — the state of the sea or sky turned rough — rather than the storm itself; it also means chapping of the skin, so for a tempest as a storm, あらし is the word.
Use 「あらし」 for a tempest as a violent storm itself; use 「荒れ」 for stormy, rough conditions of weather or sea, or for chapped skin — it names the state of roughness rather than the storm.
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