桜前線

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜	前	線
さくら Grade: 5	ぜん Grade: 2	せん Grade: 2
kun'yomi	on'yomi

Alternative spelling
櫻前線 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry”) + 前線(ぜんせん) (zensen, “front”, as used in meteorology).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) さくらぜんせん [sàkúrázéꜜǹsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠zẽ̞ɰ̃sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

桜(さくら)前(ぜん)線(せん) • (sakura zensen) ^{←さくらぜんせん (sakura zensen)?}

1. the "cherry blossom front", an imaginary line linking regions of Japan where the cherry blossom season begins on the same date

Hypernyms

• 開(かい)花(か)前線(ぜんせん) (kaika zensen)