桜月

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See also: 櫻月

Japanese

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

Etymology

From (sakura, cherry tree, cherry blossom) +‎ (tsuki, month).

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

Pronunciation

Noun

(さくら)(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, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN