かはら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かはら – see the following entries.

【河原かわら】 [noun] a dry riverbed, especially of the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, “Kamo River”) in Kyoto [noun] (colloquial) Short for 河原者 (kawaramono): a beggar [noun] (colloquial) Short for 河原艾 (kawara yomogi): a species of wormwood, Artemisia capillaris [proper noun] Kawara (a town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) [proper noun] a surname Alternative spellings 川原, 磧

【瓦かわら】S [noun] roof tile Alternative spelling 𦨞

【骨かわら】6 [noun] (archaic, rare) a bone, particularly a covering bone such as a skull or kneecap Alternative spelling 䯊

(This term, かはら (kafara), is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as かはら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かはら.)