はなだより

Japanese edit

Alternative spelling
花便り

Etymology edit

From 花(はな) (hana, “flowers”) + 便(たよ)り (tayori, “tidings of”). The tayori changes to dayori as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) はなだより [hànádáꜜyòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ha̠na̠da̠jo̞ɾʲi]

Noun edit

はなだより • (hanadayori) ^{←はなだより (fanadayori)^?}

tidings of the cherry blossoms, especially the first of the year

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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