山桜
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See also: 山櫻
Japanese
[edit]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
[edit]Compound of 山 (yama, “mountain”) + 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, Prunus serrulata”).
The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]山桜 or 山桜 • (yamazakura)
- (literal) 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
Usage notes
[edit]As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).
Derived terms
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Proper noun
[edit]山桜 • (Yamazakura)
See also
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- Japanese terms spelled with 山 read as やま
- Japanese terms spelled with 桜 read as さくら
- Japanese terms with rendaku
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