桜湯
Japanese
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桜湯 (sakurayu): a cup of cherry blossom tea.
Kanji in this term | |
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桜 | 湯 |
さくら Grade: 5 | ゆ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 湯 (yu, “hot water”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) さくらゆ [sàkúráꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
- IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
桜湯 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 櫻湯, hiragana さくらゆ, rōmaji sakura yu)
- cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled sakura blossoms steeped in hot water
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN