桜月

See also: 櫻月

Japanese
Kanji in this term
桜 月
さくら
Grade: 5		 つき > づき
Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻月 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 桜 (sakura, “cherry tree, cherry blossom”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).

The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さくら​づき [sàkúráꜜzùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠zɨᵝkʲi]

Noun

桜(さくら)月(づき) • (sakurazuki) 

  1. the third month in the lunar calendar
  2. the month when cherry blossoms are in bloom, March

See also

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