いばら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いばら – see the following entries.

【茨】4

[noun] a thorny bush or shrub: a briar, a bramble

[noun] (regional, chiefly Kansai) a thorn on a plant

[noun] general name for wild roses

[noun] (figurative) suffering, hardship, distress

[noun] (architecture, construction) the point where two curved lines come together, such as the tip of a cusped gable

[noun] (historical, slang) during the Edo period, a downmarket prostitute

Alternative spellings
荊, 棘

【荊】H	[noun] Alternative spelling of 茨 Alternative spelling イバラ

【棘】H	[noun] a shrub with thorns: a bramble, a briar [noun] thorn [noun] a thorny flower of the genus Rosa: a rose Alternative spelling イバラ

【井原】	[proper noun] Ibara (a city in Okayama prefecture, Japan)

(This term, いばら (ibara), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as いばら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いばら.)

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English: Ibara

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