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, 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.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 薔薇.)

Descendants

• English: Ibara

Further reading

• Ibara, Okayama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia