わかざくら

Japanese

Alternative spellings
若桜 若ざくら

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka) + 桜(さくら) (sakura). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わかざくら [wàkázáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ka̠za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

わかざくら • (wakazakura) ^{←わかざくら (wakazakura)?}

1. (poetic) young cherry tree