How to say "wild" in Japanese

• 野生やせいJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers the 'wild' of animals and plants living or growing in nature rather than being domesticated or cultivated; it is the natural choice for wild animals, wild birds, and wild flowers.
  野原のはらには野生やせいの花はながたくさんある。↗

  The fields abound in wild flowers.
• ワイルドCommon
  na-adjectiveA loanword used for a wild, untamed image or style — a rugged look, an unrestrained personality — often with a stylish flavor; it is not the word for wild animals or plants.
  しかし、その時とき、彼かれはロンドンで語学ごがくを学まなんでいる学生がくせいのジェーン・ワイルドを恋こいするようになった。↗

  But then he fell in love with Jane Wilde, a student studying languages in London.
• 荒いあらいJLPT N2approx.Common
  i-adjectiveCovers 'wild' in the physical sense of rough or violent: rough waves, a violent temper, rough driving. It suggests unrefined force rather than untamed nature or free behavior.
  僕ぼくのボスは人使ひとづかいが荒あらいんだ。↗

  My boss is a slave driver.
• 荒々しいあらあらしいCommon
  i-adjectiveA stronger, more intense counterpart of 荒い, for something markedly rough, violent, or harsh: a raging sea, violent behavior, a harsh manner. Use it when the wildness is vivid and forceful.
  だから、この荒々あらあらしい試合しあいでは選手せんしゅがひどいけがを負おっていたし、ときには死しぬこともあったのです。↗

  So, players were often seriously injured and sometimes even killed in these rough games.
• 奔放ほんぽうCommon
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'wild' as uninhibited and unrestrained: a free-spirited, unconventional person or an imagination that runs unchecked. It describes behavior and temperament, not animals, weather, or violence.
  私は奔放ほんぽうな生き方いきかたにあこがれている。↗

  I long for an uninhibited way of life.

Choose 野生 for wild animals and plants in nature, 「荒い」 or 「荒々しい」 for rough, violent wildness, 奔放 for uninhibited, free-spirited behavior, and 「ワイルド」 for a rugged, untamed image or style.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 野生やせいwild
• ワイルドwild
• 荒いあらいrough
• 荒々しいあらあらしいrough
• 奔放ほんぽうwild
• 荒っぽいあらっぽいwild
• 野放図のほうずwild
• 大それただいそれたoutrageous
• 粗暴そぼうrough (behaviour, temperament, etc.)
• 未開拓みかいたくundeveloped (area)
• 奇抜きばつ(very) unusual
• 荒ぶるあらぶるsavage
• 頓狂とんきょうwild
• 素っ頓狂すっとんきょうwild
• 荒れたあれたwild
• 野性的やせいてきwild
• 突飛とっぴerratic
• ぎんぎんecstatic
• 荒くれあらくれrough
• 未開墾みかいこんuncultivated
• 未墾みこんuncultivated
• 野育ちのそだちuntutored
• 突拍子もないとっぴょうしもないastounding
• 火がついたようひがついたようfrantic (crying)
• やんちゃnaughty
• 淫乱いんらんdebauched
• けたたましいpiercing
• 放埓ほうらつlicentious
• ひたぶるdetermined
• 野のwild (of an animal or plant)
• 破天荒はてんこうdaring
• 乱暴らんぼうrough (handling, language, etc.)
• 傑作けっさく(unintentionally) hilarious
• やまwild
• あらcrude