山桜

See also: 山櫻

Japanese

Kanji in this term
山	桜
やま Grade: 1	さくら > ざくら Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
山櫻 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 山(やま) (yama, “mountain”) + 桜(サクラ) (sakura, “cherry tree, ”).

The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Noun

1. (literal) a cherry tree blooming on a mountain; a wild cherry tree
   • c. 1226, Kin'yō Wakashū (book 9, poem 521; also Hyakunin Isshu, poem 66)

     もろともに哀(あは)れと思(おも)へ山(やま)桜(ざくら)花(はな)よりほかに知(し)る人(ひと)もなし

     morotomo ni aware to omoe yamazakura hana yori hoka ni shiru hito mo nashi

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. or , a species of cherry tree

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)戸(ど) (yamazakura-do)
• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)の歌(うた) (Yamazakura no Uta)
• 山(やま)桜(ざくら)花(ばな) (yamazakura-bana)
• 薄(ウス)毛(ゲ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (usuge yamazakura)
• 大(オオ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (ō-yamazakura)
• 遠(とお)山(やま)桜(ざくら) (tō-yamazakura)
• 深(ミ)山(ヤマ)桜(ザクラ) (mi-yamazakura)

Proper noun

1. a place name

Compounds

• 山桜桃(ユスラウメ) (yusuraume)