夜桜

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
夜	桜
よ Grade: 2	さくら > ざくら Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
夜櫻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) よざくら [yòzáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]
IPA^(key): [jo̞za̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun edit

夜(よ)桜(ざくら) • (yozakura)

cherry blossom at night

References edit

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

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