山桜
See also: 山櫻
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 桜 |
やま Grade: 1 |
さくら > ざくら Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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山櫻 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, Prunus serrulata”).
The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
山桜 or 山桜 • (yamazakura)
- (literal) a cherry tree blooming on a mountain; a wild cherry tree
- c. 1226, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 521; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 66)
- もろともに哀れと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし
- morotomo ni aware to omoe yamazakura hana yori hoka ni shiru hito mo nashi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- もろともに哀れと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし
- c. 1226, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 521; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 66)
- Prunus jamasakura or Cerasus jamasakura, a species of cherry tree
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Proper noun edit
山桜 • (Yamazakura)