山桜
See also: 山櫻
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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山 | 桜 |
やま Grade: 1 | さくら > ざくら Grade: 5 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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山櫻 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, Prunus serrulata”).
The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) やまざくら [yàmázáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA(key): [ja̠ma̠za̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠]
Noun
山桜 • (yamazakura) (kyūjitai 山櫻)
- (literally) 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)
- もろともに哀れと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし
- morotomo ni aware to omoe yamazakura hana yori hoka ni shiru hito mo nashi
- (please add an English translation of this example)
- もろともに哀れと思へ山桜花よりほかに知る人もなし
- c. 1226, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 521; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 66)
- Prunus jamasakura or Cerasus jamasakura, a species of cherry tree
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 山桜戸 (yamazakura-do)
- 山桜の歌 (Yamazakura no Uta)
- 山桜花 (yamazakura-bana)
- 薄毛山桜 (usuge yamazakura)
- 大山桜 (ō-yamazakura)
- 遠山桜 (tō-yamazakura)
- 深山桜 (mi-yamazakura)
Proper noun
山桜 • (Yamazakura) (kyūjitai 山櫻)
- a place name
See also
- 山桜桃 (yusuraume), 山桜桃 (yusura)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN