桜吹雪

See also: 櫻吹雪

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜 吹 雪
さくら
Grade: 5 		ふぶき
Grade: S Grade: 2
kun'yomi jukujikun
Alternative spelling
櫻吹雪 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 吹雪(ふぶき) (fubuki, “blizzard, snowstorm”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さくらふぶき [sàkúráfúꜜbùkì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ɸɯ̟bɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

桜(さくら)吹雪(ふぶき) • (sakurafubuki) 

  1. A flurry of cherry blossom petals.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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