葦原

Japanese

Kanji in this term
葦	原
よし Jinmeiyō	はら > わら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
葦	原
あし Jinmeiyō	はら > わら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Kanji in this term
葦	原
よし Jinmeiyō	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
ヨシ原

Kanji in this term
葦	原
あし Jinmeiyō	はら Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
アシ原

Etymology

From 葦 (ashi, yoshi, “common reed”) +‎ 原 (hara, “plains”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あしはら [àshíhárá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あし​はら [àshíꜜhàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɕi̥ha̠ɾa̠]

• (Tokyo) あしわら [àshíwárá] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) あし​わら [àshíꜜwàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɕiɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

• (Tokyo) よし​わら [yòshíꜜwàrà] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [jo̞ɕiɰᵝa̠ɾa̠]

Noun

葦(あし)原(はら) or 葦(よし)原(はら) or 葦(あし)原(わら) or 葦(よし)原(わら) • (ashihara or yoshihara or ashiwara or yoshiwara) ^{←あしはら (asifara) or よしはら (yosifara)?}

1. a reed bed