also: はぎわら
noun
reedy field; field of bush clover
Refers to a field overgrown with bush clover (萩, hagi), a plant associated with autumn in Japanese poetry. Often appears in place names and surnames.
萩原という地名は、かつてその地に萩が群生していたことに由来する。
The place name Hagihara derives from the fact that bush clover once grew thickly there.
秋
In autumn, pale purple flowers bloom all over the reedy field.
Compound of 萩 (hagi, 'bush clover') and 原 (hara, 'field'). The reading はぎわら is a common variant due to rendaku-like voicing of the second element in some contexts, though the exact historical derivation is uncertain.