See 海原 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"historical"
]
},
{
"form": "海原",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"kanji",
"kyūjitai"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "proper",
"2": "かいわら",
"hhira": "かいはら"
},
"expansion": "海(かい)原(わら) • (Kaiwara) ^(←かいはら (Kaifara)?)",
"name": "ja-pos"
}
],
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a place name"
],
"links": [
[
"place name",
"place name"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ka̠iβ̞a̠ɾa̠]"
}
],
"word": "海原"
}
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