山桜

See also: 山櫻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	桜
やま Grade: 1	さくら > ざくら Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
山櫻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 桜(サクラ) (sakura, “cherry tree, Prunus serrulata”).

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまざくら [yàmázáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

山(やま)桜(ざくら) or 山桜(ヤマザクラ) • (yamazakura) 

1. (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(あは)れと思(おも)へ山(やま)桜(ざくら)花(はな)よりほかに知(し)る人(ひと)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)

2. Prunus jamasakura or Cerasus jamasakura, a species of cherry tree

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)戸(ど) (yamazakura-do)
• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)の歌(うた) (Yamazakura no Uta)
• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)花(ばな) (yamazakura-bana)
• 薄(ウス)毛(ゲ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (usuge yamazakura)
• 大(オオ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (ō-yamazakura)
• 遠(とお)山(やま)桜(ざくら) (tō-yamazakura)
• 深(ミ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (mi-yamazakura)

Proper noun

山(やま)桜(ざくら) • (Yamazakura) 

1. a place name

See also

• 山桜桃(ユスラウメ) (yusuraume), 山桜桃(ユスラ) (yusura)