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Korean
- 사쿠라 (sakura) (prescribed standard)
Etymology
From Japanese 桜 (sakura, “cherry blossom”), presumably borrowed under colonial rule (1910–1945).
Numerous etymologies have been proposed. One is that it is a clipping of Japanese 桜肉 (sakura niku, “horsemeat”), referring to a fraud where horsemeat was falsely packaged as beef. Another is that it is from the Japanese slang use of 桜 as "shill" or "swindle".
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | sakkura |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sa'kkula |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sakkura |
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| Yale Romanization? | sa.kkwula |
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Noun
사꾸라 • (sakkura)
- (politics) a spy or agent for the opposing political party
- (colloquial, derogatory) a fraud