barbed wire
Refers to barbed wire, often used in fencing or military contexts. Cross-referenced with 有刺鉄線 (ゆうしてっせん), a more common term for barbed wire.
See also: 有刺鉄線
Barbed wire was stretched across the battlefield.
We installed barbed wire around the farm.
Literary or technical kanji compound for 'barbed wire'; the characters 荊棘 mean 'thorny bramble'. This spelling is uncommon in modern Japanese.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling sometimes seen in modern contexts, using ばら for 'bramble' and 線 for 'wire'.
Katakana-kanji spelling, common in technical or informal writing.
Compound of 荊棘 (ばら, 'bramble, thorny shrub') and 線 (せん, 'wire, line'). The reading ばら for 荊棘 is irregular and likely based on the native Japanese word for 'bramble'.