夜桜

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜 桜
よ
Grade: 2 		さくら > ざくら
Grade: 5
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
夜櫻 (kyūjitai)

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): [jo̞za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

夜(よ)桜(ざくら) • (yozakura) 

  1. cherry blossom at night

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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