桜湯

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桜湯 (sakurayu): a cup of cherry blossom tea.
Kanji in this term
さくら
Grade: 5

Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻湯 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of (sakura, cherry blossom) +‎ (yu, hot water).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

(さくら)() (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 (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN