夜桜

夜桜

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

夜桜(よざくら) • (yozakura) 

1. cherry blossom at night

References

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