わかざくら

Japanese

Alternative spellings
若桜
若ざくら

Etymology

From 若(わか) (waka) + 桜(さくら) (sakura). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連(れん)濁(だく)).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) わかざくら [wàkázáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [β̞a̠ka̠za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

Noun

わかざくら • (wakazakura) ←わかざくら (wakazakura)?

  1. (poetic) young cherry tree

References

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