桜湯

Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜 湯
さくら
Grade: 5 		ゆ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻湯 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜(さくら) (sakura, “cherry blossom”) + 湯(ゆ) (yu, “hot water”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) さくらゆ [sàkúráꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ɾa̠jɯ̟]

Noun

桜(さくら)湯(ゆ) • (sakura yu) 

  1. cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled sakura blossoms steeped in hot water

References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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