わかざくら

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])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ɰᵝa̠ka̠za̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]

Noun

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

1. (poetic) young cherry tree

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN