河原

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5
はら > ら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
川原
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⟨kapa para⟩/kap̚para/⟨kapara⟩/kaɸara//kawara/

From Old Japanese.

Shift from a compound of (kawa, river) +‎ (hara, plain).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(かわ)() (kawaraかはら (kafara)?

  1. a dry riverbed, especially of the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, Kamo River) in Kyoto
  2. (colloquial) Short for 河原者 (kawaramono): a beggar
  3. (colloquial) Short for 河原艾 (kawara yomogi): a species of wormwood, Artemisia capillaris
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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(かわ)() (Kawaraかはら (Kafara)?

  1. Kawara (a town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
  2. a surname
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5
はら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (kawa, river) +‎ (hara, plain).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ha̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

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(かわ)(はら) (Kawaharaかははら (Kafafara)?

  1. a placename, especially:
    1. Kawahara (a former town in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, today merged with the city of Tottori)
    2. Kawahara (a train station in Yazu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  2. a surname
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
かわ
Grade: 5
はら > ばら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From (kawa, river) +‎ (hara, plain).

The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ka̠β̞a̠ba̠ɾa̠]

Proper noun

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(かわ)(ばら) (Kawabaraかはばら (Kafabara)?

  1. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Old Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Shift from a compound of (kapa, river) +‎ (para, plain),[1] with either one of the pa syllables lost due to haplology.

Noun

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河原 (kapara) (kana かはら)

  1. a dry riverbed

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 河原 (kawara)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN