1A stretch of shore facing the sea; a beach or seashore. Also commonly used in place names.
夏になると、家族で近くの浜へ海水浴に行く。
In summer, my family and I go to the nearby beach to swim.
夕暮れ時、浜を散歩しながら潮の香りを楽しんだ。
At dusk, I walked along the shore and enjoyed the smell of the sea breeze.
この町の浜は遠浅で、子供連れに人気がある。
The town's beach has a gentle slope into the water and is popular with families with children.
浜に打ち上げられた貝殻を集めるのが好きだ。
I like collecting shells that have washed up on the beach.
2In the game of go, the stones captured from one's opponent during play; usually written in hiragana as はま.
あの一手で相手のはまを大きく増やして勝った。
With that move I greatly increased the number of stones I captured from my opponent and won.
対局が終わり、はまの数を数えて確認した。
After the game ended, we counted the number of captured stones to confirm the result.
3A colloquial abbreviation for Yokohama, usually written in katakana as ハマ.
彼はハマ育ちなので、少し横浜弁が残っている。
He grew up in Yokohama, so a bit of the local dialect still shows in his speech.
今度の週末はハマで野球の試合を見に行く予定だ。
This coming weekend, I'm planning to go watch a baseball game in Yokohama.
ハマの名物ラーメンを一度食べてみたい。
I'd like to try Yokohama's famous ramen at least once.
4An archaic Osaka-dialect term for a riverbank or riverside, now mostly found in older or dialectal usage.
祖母は、昔この浜でよく洗濯をしたと懐かしそうに話した。
My grandmother spoke fondly of how she used to do laundry by this riverside long ago.