sakura

See also: Sakura

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 桜さくら(さくら) (sakura, “cherry tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsækʊɹə/, /ˈsɑːkʊɹə/, /səˈkʊəɹə/

Noun

sakura (plural sakura or sakuras)

1. (Japanese) cherry tree
   • 2005, Meg Greene, Japan: A Primary Source Cultural Guide, New York, N.Y.: PowerPlus Books, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 19:

     Sakura represent the short-lived beauty of life. Sakura are often depicted in Japanese art and poetry.

   • 2008, Michael Berry, A History of Pain: Trauma in Modern Chinese Literature and Film, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 95:

     And while the tree is found throughout Asia, its associations with Japan are so strong that in Korea many sakura were removed after the colonial period as an unwanted reminder of the Japanese presence.

   • 2008, Vladimir Antonov, Classics of Spiritual Philosophy, Lulu, →ISBN, page 321:

     “And inside Yamamuto, there continued to live the beauty of blooming sakuras, the transparency of flowing brooks, the blue of the sky, the foamy crests of waves, the blades of grass breathing in the sunlight, the sun rising over the calm ocean…”

   • 2010, Jarda Cervenka, Howls From The Other Side: Poems and Collages, Xlibris, →ISBN:

     On Bandai forest path / two poets walk / with frequent stops. / Blossoms of roses / sakuras, wildflowers / stream from their mouth.

   • 2014, Jane Knuth, Ellen Knuth, Love Will Steer Me True: A Mother and Daughter’s Conversations on Life, Love, and God, Chicago, Ill.: Loyola Press, →ISBN:

     The next day is Sunday, and because there are no Christian churches, and since Junko personifies Japanese hospitality, she has arranged to take us to the neighborhood Shinto shrine. / “I am so very sorry,” she says in English. “The sakura are late this year. I hope you are not very disappointed? Please excuse this problem.”

   • 2020, Lauren Ho, Last Tang Standing, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 262:

     I’ll have to change my name and move to Japan, where people have given up on reproducing and have turned to much more enlightened, spiritually renewing social activities, like viewing blooming sakuras, bathing in onsens, etc.

2. cherry blossom (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)
   • 2022, Rajah E. Smart, Felicia M. Banks, The Sakura Cloud, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     In his hand, he holds a sakura. He plans to give it to his daughter, marking a milestone in her life and protection for the future.

Translations

Japanese cherry tree

• Arabic: سَاكُورَا f (sakurā)
• Armenian: սակուրա (sakura)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 櫻樹さくらぎ／樱树 (zh) (yīngshù), 櫻桃おうとう樹じゅ／樱桃树 (yīngtáo shù)

• Finnish: japanilainen kirsikkapuu
• Hungarian: szakura
• Indonesian: sakura (id)
• Japanese: 桜さくら (ja) (さくら, sakura), サクラ (ja) (sakura)
• Kapampangan: Sarésa, sákúra
• Korean: 사쿠라 (ko) (sakura)
• Malay: pokok sakura, sakura
• Persian: ساکورا (sâkurâ)
• Polish: sakura (pl) f
• Portuguese: sakura f
• Russian: са́кура (ru) f (sákura), япо́нская ви́шня f (japónskaja víšnja)
• Spanish: sakura f
• Vietnamese: anh đào Nhật Bản, anh đào (vi)

blossom of the Japanese cherry tree — see also cherry blossom

• Arabic: سَاكُورَا f (sakurā)
• Armenian: սակուրա (sakura)
• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 櫻花おうか／樱花 (zh-min-nan) (ing-hue)

  Mandarin: 櫻花おうか／樱花 (zh) (yīnghuā)

• Finnish: kirsikankukinta
• German: Kirschblüte (de) f, Sakura f
• Hebrew: סאקוּרָה
• Hindi: सकुरा (sakurā)
• Indonesian: sakura (id)
• Japanese: 桜さくら (ja) (さくら, sakura), サクラ (ja) (sakura)
• Kapampangan: Sarésang sampága
• Korean: 사쿠라 (ko) (sakura), 벚꽃 (ko) (beotkkot)
• Malay: bunga sakura, sakura
• Persian: ساکورا (sâkurâ)
• Portuguese: sakura f
• Russian: са́кура (ru) f (sákura)
• Thai: ซากุระ (saagùrá)
• Vietnamese: hoa anh đào

cherry — see cherry

cherry tree — see cherry tree

cherry blossom — see cherry blossom

Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 桜さくら(さくら) (sakura, “cherry tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [saˈkura]
• Hyphenation: sa‧ku‧ra

Noun

sakura (first-person possessive sakuraku, second-person possessive sakuramu, third-person possessive sakuranya)

1. (Japanese) cherry tree
2. cherry blossom (Japanese cherry tree)

Further reading

• “sakura” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

sakura

1. Rōmaji transcription of さくら
2. Rōmaji transcription of サクラ

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 桜さくら (sakura).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈku.ɾɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈku.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈku.ɾa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈku.ɾɐ/

Noun

sakura f (plural sakuras)

1. cherry blossom, sakura (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sákura

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 桜さくら (sakura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈkuɾa/ [saˈku.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: sa‧ku‧ra

Noun

sakura f (plural sakuras)

1. cherry blossom, sakura (blossom of the Japanese cherry tree)