イバラ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of イバラ – see the following entry.
【茨いばら】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
(This term, イバラ (ibara), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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