萩はぎ原はら

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.

• 萩はぎ原はらという地ち名めいは、かつてその地ちに萩はぎが群ぐん生せいしていたことに由ゆ来らいする。

  The place name Hagihara derives from the fact that bush clover once grew thickly there.

• 秋あきになると、萩はぎ原はらには薄うす紫むらさきの花はなが一いち面めんに咲さく。

  In autumn, pale purple flowers bloom all over the reedy field.