Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
finding fault (with); being picky
あの女はいつも人のあら探しばかりしている。She is always finding fault with other people.
Also written あら探し【あらさがし】、あら捜し【あらさがし】、アラ探し【あらさがし】、粗捜し【あらさがし】
Characters in this word
2粗
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (29)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-6-5 | SKIP code |
| 6b5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 9791.0 | Four corner code |
| 1073 | deroo |
| 7c97 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-33-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 3473 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 4394 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1329 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1683 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 895 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1214 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1777 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1915 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1619 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1724 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 26898 | Morohashi |
| 1508 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1084 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1134 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1611 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1469 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1560 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1496 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1793 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| cu1 | Pinyin reading |
| jo | Korean reading |
| n1 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 55 | WaniKani level |
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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dictionary and index codes (31)
| Code | Reference |
|---|---|
| 1-3-8 | SKIP code |
| 3c8.16 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 5709.4 | Four corner code |
| 1364 | deroo |
| 63a2 | Unicode hex code |
| 1-35-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 1949 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 2211 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 505 | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 613 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 374 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 466 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1327 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1425 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1239 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1316 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1236 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 12276 | Morohashi |
| 930 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 535 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 544 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 578 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 942 | henshall3 |
| 927 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1258 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 908 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1340 | Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette) |
| tan4, tan1 | Pinyin reading |
| tam | Korean reading |
| n3 | JLPT level (KANJIDIC2) |
| 31 | WaniKani level |