はなだより

Japanese

Alternative spelling
花便り

Etymology

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

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

Noun

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

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