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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

粗野な

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: soya na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Crude/kruːd/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼の粗野な態度は周囲を不快にさせた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

    "The economy relies heavily on the export of crude oil and raw minerals."
  2. 2

    Constructed or done in a rudimentary or makeshift way, lacking polish, skill, or subtlety.

    "They built a crude shelter out of branches and plastic sheeting to survive the storm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'crudus', meaning raw, bloody, or unprocessed, which is related to 'cruor' (thick blood). Entering English in the late 15th century, the term initially retained its biological sense of raw or unripened before expanding metaphorically to describe unrefined manners, rough workmanship, or unprocessed natural substances like petroleum.

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