桜
Meanings
Noun
1. cherry tree; cherry blossom; sakura
2. light pink (Abbreviation)
3. fake buyer; paid audience; shill; seat filler (Usually kana, usu. サクラ; also written as 偽客)
4. hired applauder (Usually kana)
5. horse meat (usu. in compounds)
Other spellings
さくら
Kanji used
Pitch accent
さくら
Used in vocabulary
彼岸桜
higan cherry (species of weeping cherry tree, Prunus subhirtella); early-flowering cherry (around the spring equinox)
Noun
Examples65
満開
They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
桜
Cherry blossoms are very beautiful.
この
This temple is famous for its cherry blossoms.
この
This park is famous for its cherry blossoms.
この
There are as many as two hundred cherry trees in this park.
日本
The cherry blossom is to Japan what the rose is to England.