はなだより

Japanese

Alternative spelling
花便り

Etymology

From 花(はな) (hana, “flowers”) + 便(たよ)り (tayori, “tidings of”). The tayori changes to dayori as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) はなだより [hànádáꜜyòrì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ha̠na̠da̠jo̞ɾʲi]

Noun

はなだより • (hanadayori) ←はなだより (fanadayori)?

  1. tidings of the cherry blossoms, especially the first of the year

References

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