Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of しらかば – see the following entry.
白樺
[noun] Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla)
[noun] (proscribed) Synonym of 岳樺 (dakekanba): Erman's birch (Betula ermanii)
Alternative spelling
シラカバ
(This term, しらかば, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)