かわら

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かわら – see the following entries.

[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】S	[noun] roof tile Alternative spelling 𦨞

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

(This term, かわら, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as かわら, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かわら.)

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