How to say "barrow" in Japanese

• 古墳こふんCommon
  nounCovers 'barrow' in the sense of an ancient burial mound: as a historical term it refers to the tumuli of ancient Japan, and it is the word you meet in archaeological and historical writing.
  高松たかまつ塚つか古墳こふんは、奈良県明日香村ならけんあすかむらに存在そんざいする古墳こふん。↗

  The Takamatsuzuka burial mound is located in Asukamura, Nara prefecture.
• 塚つかCommon
  nounAlso renders 'barrow' as a burial mound, but generally: a grave mound or tomb, not tied specifically to the ancient tumuli; the broader choice when antiquity is not the point.

For the burial-mound sense of 'barrow', 古墳 is the historical term for the ancient tumuli of Japan, while 塚 is the broader word for a grave mound or tomb; neither fits the wheelbarrow sense.

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• 古墳こふんancient burial mound
• 封土ふうどtumulus
• 塚つかburial mound