桜田

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
桜 田
さくら
Grade: 5 		た > だ
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻田 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom; cherry tree”) +‎ 田 (ta, “paddy, field”). The ta changes to da as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

First cited to a text from 1310.

Pronunciation

Noun

桜(さくら)田(だ) • (sakurada) 

  1. a place with a lot of cherry trees; a place with a lot of cherry blossoms blooming

Proper noun

桜(さくら)田(だ) • (Sakurada) 

  1. a surname
  2. (historical) a place in the former Ebara District in Musashi Province, corresponding to part of modern Kasumigaseki in Chiyoda, Tokyo

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “桜田”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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