嵐

Meaning: “storm”

/arasi/ → /araɕi/ From Old Japanese. Derivation theories include: * Compound of 荒ら (ara, “desolate, sparse”, archaic) + 風 (shi, “wind”, obsolete). * From 荒らし (arashi, “destroyer”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 荒らす (arasu, “destroy, ruin”). * Apophonic form of 颪 (oroshi, “wind blowing down from the mountains”).