浜はま

noun

captured stones; captured pieces

Only with reading ハマ

Go terminology; an abbreviation of 揚げ浜. This sense is usually written in kana.

See also: 揚げ浜

• 取とった相あい手ての石いしはハマとして碁ご笥けのふたに入いれておく。

  Captured opponent stones are kept in the lid of the go bowl as prisoners.

noun

Yokohama

Casual abbreviation or nickname for 横浜, often seen in local or colloquial expressions rather than as the formal place name.

See also: 横浜

• 地じ元もとでは横よこ浜はまを「ハマ」と呼よぶことがある。

  Locally, Yokohama is sometimes called “Hama.”

noun

riverbank; riverside

Only when written 浜

Archaic Osaka-ben use for the edge of a river. In modern standard Japanese, 川岸 or 川べり is the ordinary wording.

• 古ふるい大おお阪さか弁べんでは、川かわべりを「浜はま」と言いうことがあった。

  In old Osaka dialect, the riverside was sometimes called hama.