備荒

びこう

provision for famine

備荒貯蓄

びこうちょちく

famine-relief fund

備荒作物

びこうさくもつ

crops planted to stave off famine (e.g., wheat, barley, buckwheat, potatoes); emergency crops

糧食準備

りょうしょくじゅんび

food preparation

食い荒らす

くいあらす

to devour, to wolf down

荒む

すさむ

to grow wild, to run to waste

荒荷

あらに

bulk cargo, bulk freight

口荒

くちあら

rough speaking

荒れ

あれ

stormy weather, tempest, chaps (of skin)

凶荒

きょうこう

poor crops, famine

荒い

あらい

rough, rude, wild

荒壁

あらかべ

rough-coated wall

荒茶

aracha; unprocessed tea; unrefined tea; crude tea

荒縄

あらなわ

straw rope

荒び

amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation

荒事

あらごと

(theatrical) fighting scene

荒土

こうど

wasteland, barren or infertile soil

荒業

あらわざ

physical labor, physical labour, manual work, heavy work

荒誕

こうたん

exaggerated beyond recognition, nonsense, wild talk, lies