# 河原
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 原 |
| かわ Grade: 5 | はら > ら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
* Alternative spellings
* 川原 磧
⟨kapa para⟩ → /kap̚para/ → ⟨kapara⟩ → /kaɸara/ → /kawara/
From Old Japanese.
Shift from a compound of 河 (kawa, “river”) +‎ 原 (hara, “plain”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かわら [kàwárá] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ɾa̠]

#### Noun

河(かわ)原(ら) • (kawara)
* a dry riverbed, especially of the 鴨川 (Kamogawa, “Kamo River”) in Kyoto
* (colloquial) Short for 河原者 (kawaramono): a beggar
* (colloquial) Short for 河原艾 (kawara yomogi): a species of wormwood, Artemisia capillaris

##### Derived terms

* 河原(かわら)鬼(おに) (kawaraoni)
* 河原(かわら)面(おもて) (kawaraomote)
* 河原(かわら)風(かぜ) (kawarakaze)
* 河原(かわら)通(がよ)ひ (kawaragayoi)
* 河原(カワラ)決(ケツ)明(メイ) (kawara ketsumei)
* 河原(かわら)乞(こ)食(じき) (kawara kojiki)
* 河原(カワラ)柴(サイ)胡(コ) (kawara saiko)
* 河原(かわら)鴫(しぎ) (kawarashigi)
* 河原(カワラ)菅(スガ)菜(ナ) (kawara sugana)
* 河原(カワラ)菅(スゲ) (kawarasuge)
* 河原(かわら)寺(でら) (Kawaradera)
* 河原(カワラ)撫子(ナデシコ) (kawara nadeshiko)
* 河原(カワラ)人(ニン)参(ジン) (kawara ninjin)
* 河原(かわら)の者(もの) (kawara no mono)
* 河原(カワラ)鳩(バト) (kawarabato)
* 河原(カワラ)母(ハハ)子(コ) (kawara hahako)
* 河原(かわら)榛(はん)の木(き) (kawara hannoki)
* 河原(カワラ)鶸(ヒワ) (kawara hiwa)
* 河原(カワラ)藤(フジ) (kawarafuji)
* 河原(カワラ)松(マツ)葉(バ) (kawara matsuba)
* 河原(かわら)飯(めし) (kawarameshi)
* 河原(かわら)者(もの) (kawaramono)
* 河原(カワラ)艾(ヨモギ) (kawara yomogi)
* 天(あま)の河原(かわら) (ama no kawara)
* 石(いし)河原(がわら) (ishigawara)
* 色(いろ)河原(がわら) (irogawara)
* 最(さい)勝(しょう)河原(がわら) (Saishōgawara)
* 賽(さい)の河原(かわら) (sai no kawara)
* 三(さん)条(じょう)河原(がわら) (Sanjōgawara)
* 四(し)条(じょう)河原(がわら) (Shijōgawara)
* 四宮(しのみや)河原(かわら) (Shinomiya Kawara)
* 白(しら)河原(がわら) (shiragawara)
* 大(だい)師(し)河原(がわら) (Daishigawara)
* 勅(て)使(し)河原(がわら) (Teshigawara)
* 分(ぶ)倍(ばい)河原(がわら) (Bubaigawara)

#### Proper noun

河(かわ)原(ら) • (Kawara)
* Kawara (a town in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)
* a surname

##### Derived terms

* 河原(かわらの)左(さ)大(だい)臣(じん) (Kawara no Sadaijin)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 原 |
| かわ Grade: 5 | はら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
From 河 (kawa, “river”) +‎ 原 (hara, “plain”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ha̠ɾa̠]

#### Proper noun

河(かわ)原(はら) • (Kawahara)
* a placename, especially:
** Kawahara (a former town in Tottori Prefecture, Japan, today merged with the city of Tottori)
** Kawahara (a train station in Yazu, Tottori Prefecture, Japan) (Can we verify this sense?)
* a surname

##### Derived terms

* 河(かわ)原(はら)町(ちょう) (Kawahara-chō)

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 河 | 原 |
| かわ Grade: 5 | はら > ばら Grade: 2 |
| kun'yomi ||
From 河 (kawa, “river”) +‎ 原 (hara, “plain”).
The hara changes to bara as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠β̞a̠ba̠ɾa̠]

#### Proper noun

河(かわ)原(ばら) • (Kawabara)
* a surname

### References

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

## Old Japanese
### Alternative forms

* 川原

### Etymology

Shift from a compound of 河 (kapa, “river”) +‎ 原 (para, “plain”), with either one of the pa syllables lost due to haplology.

### Noun

河原 (kapara) (kana かはら)
* a dry riverbed

#### Derived terms

* 天の河原 (ama no$_2$ kapara)
* 天の安の河原 (ama no$_2$ yasu no$_2$ kapara)

#### Descendants

* Japanese: 河原 (kawara)

### References

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