桜
さくら
hepburn sakura
cherry blossom, cherry tree
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 春に桜が咲きます。Cherry blossoms bloom in spring.
- 桜の下でお花見をします。We hold ohanami under the cherry blossoms.
Collocations
桜 (sakura, cherry blossom)お花見 (ohanami, blossom viewing)桜前線 (sakura zensen, cherry blossom front)桜餅 (sakura mochi, cherry blossom mochi)夜桜 (yozakura, evening cherry blossoms)
Mnemonic
Sakura — 桜, the cherry blossom. The sound is Yamato, older than the kanji it carries. "saku" (to bloom) + "ra" (place) — the place where bloom happens. It blooms briefly, falls quickly. That brevity is the season itself.
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Meaning and function of 桜前線?