桜湯

Japanese
桜湯 (sakurayu): a cup of cherry blossom tea.
Kanji in this term
桜 湯
さくら
Grade: 5		 ゆ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
櫻湯 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) さくら​ゆ [sàkúráꜜyù] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA(key): [sa̠kɯ̟ᵝɾa̠jɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

桜(さくら)湯(ゆ) • (sakura yu) 

  1. cherry blossom tea, sakura tea: pickled sakura blossoms steeped in hot water

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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